Re: [pacman-dev] [PATCH v8 01/12] bacman: allow for multiple packages as arguments

On 05/09/16 03:37, Gordian Edenhofer wrote: > On Sun, 2016-09-04 at 11:21 -0500, Doug Newgard wrote: >> On Sun, 4 Sep 2016 18:13:56 +0200 >> Gordian Edenhofer wrote: >> >>> >>> To enable the creation of multiple packages with one command move >>> the >>> assembly

[pacman-dev] Versioned packages

Here is my attempt to solve seven years old infamous problem: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16702 Patch won't solve problem out of the box, a small changes in kernel PKGBUILD will be required, but only concerning install part. Idea behind patch is pretty simple: 1) Configure list of packages

[pacman-dev] [PATCH 1/2] Tests for expected behavior of archiving mechanism. Edits to testing framework required for handling multiple versions of package.

Unfortunately, some changes are required to testing framework to handle multiple versions of package. New tests should make expected behavior of `archived` packages pretty clear. --- test/pacman/pmdb.py | 51 +++- test/pacman/pmpkg.py

[pacman-dev] [PATCH 2/2] Ability to keep several old versions of package when they have no file conflicts with new version.

I had gave a big thought to the question, who should decide whether to try to archive package. At first glance it looks like maintainer's responsibility. She/he/it creates a package without file conflicts intending possibility for multiple versions to be installed on a system. Yet this means

Re: [pacman-dev] Versioned packages

On 10/09/16 08:41, Sergey Petrenko via pacman-dev wrote: > Here is my attempt to solve seven years old infamous problem: > https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16702 > > Patch won't solve problem out of the box, a small changes in kernel PKGBUILD > will be required, but only concerning install part. >