Add support for version comparison
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Description
To get rid of -skip-versions, we must extend the boolean language to allow for version comparisions. Operators like ver=, ver>=, etc. would have to be added to blang. Opam already has such version comparing code, so all we need to do is to vendor the appropriate opam library (once it becomes available) to have the same version comparison mechanism.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the blang boolean-language implementation and the handling of -skip-versions. Check whether the referenced opam version-comparison library is available for vendoring and how its interface fits the project. Done means version comparison operators such as ver= and ver>= are supported so -skip-versions is no longer needed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ocaml
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100