From 8bc12d3cc40babc7677df6c200776931c14c9b00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ilya_Shlyakhter Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:36:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment: version correspondence of standalone builds and official releases --- .../comment_11_543bb94e6a6c1313a09328402a191995._comment | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/standalone_tarballs_for_specific_versions/comment_11_543bb94e6a6c1313a09328402a191995._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/standalone_tarballs_for_specific_versions/comment_11_543bb94e6a6c1313a09328402a191995._comment b/doc/forum/standalone_tarballs_for_specific_versions/comment_11_543bb94e6a6c1313a09328402a191995._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..915e89bd91 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/standalone_tarballs_for_specific_versions/comment_11_543bb94e6a6c1313a09328402a191995._comment @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="Ilya_Shlyakhter" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0" + subject="version correspondence of standalone builds and official releases" + date="2020-07-29T15:36:37Z" + content=""" +To answer @joeyh's question from a [related bug report](https://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/kite_net_OSX__47__current__47___distribution_is_8.20200618_but_8.20200720.1_expected/#comment-06e9d73bdaff08d38d991ddc2b946f96) (\"maybe I'm missing something about how problematic the build being slightly behind until the next release is for you\"): it's problematic for [[conda-forge|install/conda]] packaging, because I want conda to install the non-standalone release if possible and automatically fall back on the standalone release if dependencies of the standard release conflict with other packages; for this to work, I need need the standalone release that corresponds to the same version as the standard release. I could package a standalone-only conda-forge release, marking it as an alpha to keep it from being preferred to the official release; but then there's no seamless fallback if the user wants the specific official version. +"""]]