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Re: [PATCH cygport] Add a command to make a test release


On 10/5/2017 2:16 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Andrew Schulman writes:
>> This happened because 4.8.0-1 turns out to be broken, and later versions won't
>> build in Cygwin yet. So I had to promote 4.7.8-1 to test. Assuming it's okay,
>> shortly I want to promote it to current and dump 4.8.0-1, leaving
>>
>> prev: 4.7.7-1
>> curr: 4.7.8-1
> 
> Again, that won't automatically install 4.7.8 for anyone who already
> upgraded to 4.8.0 (unless the --force-current switch is given).
> 

This won't solve the current issue but shouldn't --force-current be the
default?  Maybe could be suggested in the hint file with another line
similar to:

force_curr: true

or

force: 4.7.8-1

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