On Dec 25 10:04:33, [email protected] wrote:
> > On 24 Dec 2017, at 11:23, Jan Stary <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Dec 24 05:19:35, [email protected] wrote:
> >>> On 2017-12-24 04:28 , Clemens Lang wrote:
> >>> Is there a reason to not just always use a newer version?
> >> And to turn the question around, what is gained by using the newer version?
> >
> > Exactly.
> >
> > Insisting on the newest version of everything
> > has cost me countless hours of comutation spent on nothing
> > except "having the newest version" (with the newest bugs).
>
> Well my initial request was not about using the last version, but being able
> to choose one version and stick to it through multiple ports that depend
> thereon. I have a 128 GB SSD, and I’d rather not squander space with
> installing different versions of the same software for no reason except that
> the Portfile doesn’t offer the possibility to pick the version I want.
Generally, I tend to let the port/package use any version,
unless there is a specific reason for some specific version.
For example, if a port requires Python, then I consider
_any_ installed python to satsfy this requirement,
unless there is a reason it has to be python36 (or whatever).
What is the right way to state this in a Portfile?
Jan
