On 6 Jul 2008, at 07:58, Shawn Walker wrote:

> 2008/7/5 Michael Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Danek Duvall wrote:
>>> Michael Schuster wrote:
>>>
>>>> Danek Duvall wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think the current code will choose preferred authority over  
>>>>> version,
>>>>> FWIW.
>>>> do you really mean "over version" or "over timestamp", which you  
>>>> referred
>>>> to previously?
>>>
>>> Well, "over fully-qualified version", really.  It's definitely  
>>> correct in
>>> that if a particular version is asked for, that version will be  
>>> returned,
>>> within the constraints implicitly defined by the fullness of the  
>>> fmri.
>>
>> I'd personally prefer the preferred authority - naively, that's  
>> what I'd
>> expect.
>
> I'd have to agree with Michael on this.

Me too.

> I can see some individuals wanting the latest version always, but from
> a systems management standpoint, I would expect the preferred
> authority to be used first.

It's not been entirely clear to me what the "preferred authority"  
really is, apart from the repo that's used by pkg by default.

Cheers,

Chris
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