Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] New version constraints: variant one

[Gordon Pettey]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:

> >>>>> On Thu, 10 Nov 2016, Michał Górny wrote:
>
> > The following revision-free version comparison operators are provided:
>
> >  ==   exact version match, or prefix match (with *)
> >  !=   exact version non-match, or prefix non-match (with *)
> >  <    version less than match
> >  <=   version less or equal to match
> >  >    version greater than match
> >  >=   version greater or equal to match
>
> I think we should stick to the existing operators, and not introduce
> two slightly different sets for different contexts.
>
> Especially:
> - The operator for exact version match should be = not ==.
> - Omit the != operator because it can be confused with blockers. If an
>   operator for inequality is needed, we can add one but it should work
>   everywhere (we could e.g. use <> for that).
> - The ~ operator is missing.
>
> > All those operators compare on versions ignoring the revision part.
>
> I am strictly opposed to this. Again, it is confusing to have the same
> operators acting in a different way depending on context.
>
> > The following revision-oriented version comparison operators are
> > provided:
>
> >  ===  exact version+revision match
> >  !==  exact version+revision non-match
> >  <==  version+revision less or equal to match
> >  >==  version+revision greater or equal to match
>
> These are not necessary if the regular operators match revision.
>

Only if you're misusing revisions. A package depends on a another package,
not the ebuild revision of that package.