RE: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR utility 'preferred_state' handling
| From: | Jay Taylor | Date: | Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:14:56 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR utility 'preferred_state' handling | ||
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> you do know that you can easily override the setting on a per
> command basis?
>
> pear install foo-beta
I didn't know that. It is better than having to mess with the config-set
every time, however I still think it would be more convenient to be able to
just have a "preferred" state + "minimum" state.
Best,
Jay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lukas Kahwe Smith [mailto:smith@pooteeweet.org]
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 11:58 AM
> To: outtatime@gmail.com; pear- >> PEAR Dev List
> Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR utility 'preferred_state' handling
>
> Jay Taylor wrote:
> > Greetings everyone,
> >
> > I have been wondering if it might be an improvement to alter the
> > preferred_state variable a little bit for the PEAR utility. Right
> > now, there is only 1 setting for preferred state, so if one
> wishes to
> > try out a new package that doesn't have a "stable" release,
> there is
> > no choice but to change preferred_state to 'devel' or 'beta'. This
> > means that in the future, even packages which have a stable release
> > would still be upgraded to the developer release. I see
> three possible solutions:
>
> you do know that you can easily override the setting on a per
> command basis?
>
> pear install foo-beta
>
> regards,
> Lukas
>