Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Ticket #198

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01/01/08 14:35:59 (5 years ago)
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  • Ticket #198 – description

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    1212   * If someone specifies a version number, is that version itself "interesting"? 
    1313 * '''Obsolete packages''' are packages which were installed as a dependency on an interesting package, but are no longer depended on by any interesting package. 
    14  * '''required upgrades''' - if the new version of foo requires a new version of Bar, then we are required to upgrade bar. 
     14 * '''required upgrades''' if the new version of foo requires a new version of Bar, then we are required to upgrade bar. 
     15 * '''Minimal upgrade''' do the minimal necessary installs/upgrades to install a target package. This means prefering installed packages to packages from hackage even if the version on hackage is newer. 
     16 * '''Maximal upgrade''' do the maximal upgrades to install a target package. So all dependencies are upgraded too, even if later versions are not required. This means prefering the latest available package irrespective of wether some version is already installed. 
    1517 
    1618= Niggly Questions =