search

stefan-hoeck / idris2-pack

BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
90 stars 23 forks source link

Proper way to upgrade Idris2? #272

Open mars0i opened 6 months ago

mars0i commented 6 months ago

I had trouble figuring out how to tell pack to install a new release of Idris2. After poking around in the help and trying a few pack commands, I finally discovered that pack switch latest would download, build, and install the latest version (0.7.0, specifically 0.7.0-27780073c at this moment). I might have missed something in the online docs or commandline help, but I didn't find anything that made it clear that this would have the desired effect.

Is this the right way to upgrade Idris2 using pack?

If so, I suggest adding a note somewhere online or in the help docs that clarifies this. I can submit a PR if that would be helpful. I'm not sure what the best documentation strategy is.

Thanks!

mars0i commented 6 months ago

(Later I found notes that I wrote to myself earlier suggesting that this in fact the right way to upgrade idris2. I'm not sure where I got the idea from--maybe by the same route as described above, or maybe someone mentioned it on Discord.)

stefan-hoeck commented 6 months ago

Using pack switch latest is indeed the correct way to do this. Unfortunately, this is indeed not yet properly documented. It would be great if we had a section about pack switch in the README, probably as a subsection of "Usage". PRs highly welcome.

mars0i commented 6 months ago

OK, thanks--I'll submit something when I get a minute. It might not be perfect, but it will be a start, and I won't mind corrections.