Hello Danek,
Sunday, August 24, 2008, 7:03:24 AM, you wrote:
DD> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 04:09:03AM +0100, Robert Milkowski wrote:
>> Hello pkg-discuss,
>>
>> If I do 'pkg list -a' I will get all available versions of an
>> each package in a repository - it's rather annoying.
>>
>> In 99% of cases end user is probably interested only in a most
>> recent versions.
>>
>> I quickly "hacked" pkg tonight so if you do 'pkg list -a' it
>> will provide only most recent version of a package if it is not
>> installed and all versions for installed packages (assuming it
>> is possible to have multiple versions of the same package to be
>> installed).
>>
>> What do you think?
DD> Something definitely needs to be done about this, as the problem is only
DD> going to get worse over time, but I don't think we have a good handle on
DD> what the right solution is. We still need an option to list every version.
DD> But the most common operation might involve showing the version that's
DD> installed as well as the latest version, or the version that you'd upgrade
DD> to if you upgraded the package. Or maybe the first or last version of each
DD> range where the release value was identical (so you'd see 4.3.7, 4.3.9,
DD> 4.3.10, etc, but just one of each, even though there might be multiple
DD> instances).
What I did is that unless you specify -v you will get all
installed versions and only most recent one of packages in any
other state. If you specify -v you will get everything.
?
--
Best regards,
Robert Milkowski mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://milek.blogspot.com
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