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eix can access Gentoo portage ebuild information and description very quickly (using a local cache). It can also be used to access information on installed packages, local settings, and local and external overlays, and informs about changes in the tree
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Ability to hide updates that change only ebuild revision in eix-diff #101

Closed annulen closed 1 year ago

annulen commented 1 year ago

It would be great if eix-diff would have a mode where only updates which change package version are shown, ignoring updates that only change ebuild revision.

vaeth commented 1 year ago

That would require a major rewrite of how versions are handled internally by eix. Moreover, I do not consider the feature that useful: No matter whether it is an upstream (version) or downstream (revision) bump, it can always be important and even security related.