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Subject: Re: setup.ini has multiple "prev" entries ... Why?
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From: Jon Turney <jon DOT turney AT dronecode DOT org DOT uk>
Cc: Houder <houder AT xs4all DOT nl>
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 14:19:42 +0000
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On 07/11/2017 10:25, Houder wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2017 19:02:08, Achim Gratz wrote:
>> Jon Turney writes:
>>> Since [1], there's no way to install a prev version using setup,
>>> without explicitly selecting which version you want, so the ordering
>>> of those [prev] versions in setup.ini is relatively unimportant.
>>
>> For setup that is true, but linear parsers that can only keep one
>> version for each section would benefit if the last [prev] section was
>> the one that immediately precedes [curr].  So it would be helpful if you
>> could ensure it's done that way and state it in the documentation.
> 
> Agreed! A linear parser of setup.ini would _definitely_ benefit if
> 
>   - the "current" section,
>   - the most recent [prev] section, and
>   - the most recent [test] section
> 
> would have a "fixed" position relative to the package section. I concur.

I'd much rather put things in version order, but it seems that is 
impossible.

I've added a sentence to the description of setup.ini which documents 
the position of preferred [test] and [prev] sections.

Note that it is 'previous' in the sense of 'version comes before the 
current version', not 'previously was current'.


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