[2013-02-08 12:14:25 +0800] Oon-Ee Ng: > So I'm checking out python-sympy for some calculations in the Robotics > subject I teach and realized that a bug was recently fixed in git > which is crucial to what I hope to use it for. python-sympy-git in the > AUR and that's settled. > > Then I got to wondering, I only really want to use the -git version > till the next release, but since python-sympy is no longer installed > (conflicts) I wouldn't automatically get it unless I check every once > in a while if version is > 0.7.2. > > I figured installing a blank package with nothing in package() named > python-sympy and with version 0.7.2 would allow me to get notified > when python-sympy-0.7.3 or later gets in the repos. Is this a good way > of doing it, or are there better ways? I would take python-sympy-git's PKGBUILD, replace its pkgname by python-sympy and its pkgver by 0.7.2git20130208. Build and install. -- Gaetan
