Let's use GuessLatest rather than ls --sort=version to choose the best version number (if none is provided). The advantage is that ls --sort=version prefers development versions like git, svn, cvs, and so on... But in most cases we want the latest stable version, not some obscure developement version. GuessLatest will also ensure we are more flexible in the future, should more sophisticated sorting be necessairy or desired.
In practice that means, if we used Compile to eg install Dit, which has the following version numbers: 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 git, previously Compile would have chosen git. Now it chooses the latest stable 0.9. Also frankly, we have many svn, cvs, hg and even git recipes laying around that are more outdated and broken than the stable versions.
Of course development versions can still be installed by just explicitly stating eg Compile Dit git.
Let's use
GuessLatestrather thanls --sort=versionto choose the best version number (if none is provided). The advantage is thatls --sort=versionprefers development versions like git, svn, cvs, and so on... But in most cases we want the latest stable version, not some obscure developement version.GuessLatestwill also ensure we are more flexible in the future, should more sophisticated sorting be necessairy or desired.In practice that means, if we used Compile to eg install
Dit, which has the following version numbers:0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 git, previously Compile would have chosengit. Now it chooses the latest stable 0.9. Also frankly, we have manysvn,cvs,hgand evengitrecipes laying around that are more outdated and broken than the stable versions.Of course development versions can still be installed by just explicitly stating eg
Compile Dit git.