[Question] Import a specific version of a package?
cosmos72 opened this issue · comments
Currently it's not possible.
My first impression is that it would require two changes:
- a syntax to specify both the package and its version - for example something like
import "some/package@v1.2"except that@should be replaced with a character that cannot be part of a package name - anyone knows any such character? - a mechanism to forward the package version to
go build- it should be enough to put it in the filego.modof the plugin created on-the-fly and compiled to load the package.
this would be a very appreciated addition. A space character would not work?
Directory names can contain spaces.
Actually, at least on Linux, directory names can contain any character except ASCII 47 (i.e. forward slash '/') and ASCII 0.
Thus import "some/package\000v1.2" could technically work on Linux, and probably also on most Unix-like systems.
It's also really ugly.
I prefer that gophernotes recognize go.mod file placed in same location of notebook file.
The implementation is relatively straightforward: it's just a matter of propagating the requested version through some functions, and write it in the go.mod file of the plugin that will be compiled.
About the syntax: official command line tools go get and go install now accept the syntax example.com/my/package@latest and example.com/my/package@vxx.yy.zz so the syntax
import "some/package@v1.2"is now acceptable, as that's exactly what these tools use too.
Any package whose path contains '@' will now break the official tools go get and go install so there will be a strong pressure to rename it and remove the '@'.
In summary: it's now just a matter of implementing it.
Don't expect me to have time in the next few weeks, though...