Bug#990451: [EXT]Re: Bug#990451: (no subject)

2024-03-16 Thread David Kalnischkies
On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 07:24:32PM -0700, Chandler Sobel-Sorenson wrote: > David Kalnischkies wrote on 3/13/24 2:28 AM: > > What would this achieve; what is the use case? > The use case is when a repo has too many versions of a software on it.  > I'd only be interested in seeing the details for the

Bug#990451: [EXT]Re: Bug#990451: (no subject)

2024-03-15 Thread Chandler Sobel-Sorenson
David Kalnischkies wrote on 3/13/24 2:28 AM: > What would this achieve; what is the use case? The use case is when a repo has too many versions of a software on it.  I'd only be interested in seeing the details for the Installed and Candidate versions, so even my initial --versions suggestion is no

Bug#990451: (no subject)

2024-03-13 Thread David Kalnischkies
On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 12:35:14AM -0700, Chandler Sobel-Sorenson wrote: > I concur and also request `--no-all-versions` apply to `apt-cache > policy` command as well. What would this achieve; what is the use case? I literally see no point in having 'policy' limited to a single version (and which

Bug#990451: (no subject)

2024-03-13 Thread Chandler Sobel-Sorenson
I concur and also request `--no-all-versions` apply to `apt-cache policy` command as well. Perhaps, instead, a new option with argument `--versions=N` could be implemented, allowing a limited number of versions to be returned, with `--versions=0` or `--versions=none` being the equivalent of `--no-