pin versions by Semantic Version number range

[davidem00]

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Is Your Feature Request Related To A Problem? Please describe.

currently can only restrict installations to specific versions, as opposed to version ranges

in one case, may possess a license only for v3.x of a product (with any minor version upgrades included), but v4.x has also been released on its own maintenance path

also allows for automatic installation/upgrade of broken packages once a known good version becomes available, skipping any auto-packaged versions beforehand

Describe The Solution. Why is it needed?

allow pins to specify ranges (maybe with wildcards).
allow upgrade command to operate within a range, but be ignored outside of it

Should allow specification covering versions that aren't necessarily installed yet

Additional Context

e.g.
:: skips any subsequent updates until v4., say, for a product that is broken for a given version range
choco pin add -n igdm --version="'>4."

:: allows installation/upgrade of subsequent packages for applicable Major version
choco pin add -n beyondcompare --version="'<4.0'"
(alternatively)
choco pin add -n beyondcompare --version="''3.*'"

Related Issues

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[TheCakeIsNaOH]

This is a duplicate of chocolatey/choco#1278

[davidem00]

Lol. I searched through Open issues for "pin" before posting mine, and only two came up, not including this one. Hard to guess what words should be wildcarded in a search but I figured the command name wouldn't be one of them.

The funny part is the OP being motivated by the same product that I am : beyondcompare

[davidem00]

Oh, I see. It's in the "choco" repo, not "home". ffs. No good deed...