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bug#31611: Add a property in packages to refresh to a specific version
From: |
Hartmut Goebel |
Subject: |
bug#31611: Add a property in packages to refresh to a specific version |
Date: |
Sun, 27 May 2018 19:55:09 +0200 |
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`guix refresh` always fetches the newest version of packages. This might
not be desired in all cases. E.g. one might want to keep some still
supported "major" upstream-version and not yet update to the next
"major" version.
Ludo suggested to add a property in packages that would instruct
updaters to restrict the version search space to a given regexp.
Rational: Example: KDE Plasma 5 has 5.12 as long-term-support (LTS)
version, while 5.14 has already being released. Do easy maintenance of
dependent packages, sticking to 5.12.x micht be desired.
Original discussion:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-02/msg00055.html
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Hartmut Goebel
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