Bug#513236: please add access to all package versions via apt.package.Package
2009/1/27 Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>:
> Package: python-apt
> Version: 0.7.8
> Severity: wishlist
>
> As far as I can deduce from the documentation of the high-level apt
> interface [1], there is no way to access all available versions of the
> current package: you are restricted to installed and candidate
> versions only.
>
> Yes, I can access all of them using the low-level apt_pkg API, but it
> is way more cumbersome. I believe it'd make sense to have an iterator
> over all available versions of the current package, in the high-level
> API.
Yes of course. I will see if I can do this. My plan would be to create a
class Version, and add an iterator versions to apt.package.Package.And
reimplement candidateX() and installedX() methods to use this class.
>
> Sorry in advance if I missed the actual way to do that without leaving
> the high-level interface.
>
> Cheers.
>
> [1] http://apt.alioth.debian.org/python-apt-doc/apt/package.html
> by the way: thanks for that!
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 5.0
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>
> Versions of packages python-apt depends on:
> ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6 0.7.20.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg
> ii apt-utils [libapt-inst-libc6. 0.7.20.1 APT utility programs
> ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii libgcc1 1:4.3.3-1 GCC support library
> ii libstdc++6 4.3.3-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
> ii lsb-release 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base version report
> ii python 2.5.2-3 An interactive high-level object-o
> ii python-central 0.6.8 register and build utility for Pyt
>
> python-apt recommends no packages.
>
> Versions of packages python-apt suggests:
> pn python-apt-dbg <none> (no description available)
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
>
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