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bug#31611: Add a property in packages to refresh to a specific version
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Marius Bakke |
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bug#31611: Add a property in packages to refresh to a specific version |
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Tue, 29 May 2018 01:26:30 +0200 |
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Notmuch/0.26.2 (https://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/25.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
Hartmut Goebel <address@hidden> writes:
> `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.
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> Ludo suggested to add a property in packages that would instruct
> updaters to restrict the version search space to a given regexp.
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> 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.
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> Original discussion:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-02/msg00055.html
Can we simply patch the KDE importer to stick with 5.12 for now?
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