Added PACKAGE_METHOD config

Signed-off-by: Dimitris Zlatanidis <d.zlatanidis@gmail.com>

ChangeLog.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ## slpkg - ChangeLog
 
-### 5.0.10 - 31/05/2024
+### 5.1.0 - 01/06/2024
+
+- Added:
+    * Added PACKAGE_METHOD config to choose the upgrade method
 
 - Updated:
     * Updated message for invalid package version

configs/slpkg.toml

@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ DIALOG = true
 # but not as main packages. Default is true. [true/false]
 VIEW_MISSING_DEPS = true
 
+# There are two different methods to choose when you want to upgrade
+# your installed packages, "version" method and "package" method.
+# With the "version" method, it will compare the version and the
+# build number of the packages following the semantic versioning,
+# and with the "package" method it will compare the whole package
+# between installed and repository and this means it will suggest
+# also downgrades if the installed package is newer than the
+# repository package. Default is false. [true/false]
+PACKAGE_METHOD = false
+
 # Delete downloaded sources after build or install packages.
 # Default is false. [true/false]
 DELETE_SOURCES = false

slpkg/configs.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Configs:  # pylint: disable=[R0902]
     checksum_md5: bool = True
     dialog: bool = True
     view_missing_deps: bool = True
+    package_method: bool = False
     delete_sources: bool = False
     downloader: str = 'wget'
     wget_options: str = '--c -q --progress=bar:force:noscroll --show-progress'
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ class Configs:  # pylint: disable=[R0902]
             checksum_md5: bool = config['checksum_md5']
             dialog: bool = config['dialog']
             view_missing_deps: bool = config['view_missing_deps']
+            package_method: bool = config['package_method']
             delete_sources: bool = config['delete_sources']
             downloader: str = config['downloader']
             wget_options: str = config['wget_options']

slpkg/dialog_configs.py

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class FormConfigs(Configs):
             'COLORS',
             'DIALOG',
             'VIEW_MISSING_DEPS',
+            'PACKAGE_METHOD',
             'DELETE_SOURCES',
             'SILENT_MODE',
             'ASCII_CHARACTERS',
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ class FormConfigs(Configs):
                             ('COLORS =',
                              'DIALOG =',
                              'VIEW_MISSING_DEPS =',
+                             'PACKAGE_METHOD =',
                              'DELETE_SOURCES =',
                              'SILENT_MODE =',
                              'ASCII_CHARACTERS =',

slpkg/upgrade.py

@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ class Upgrade(Configs):  # pylint: disable=[R0902]
 
             inst_build: str = self.utils.split_package(installed)['build']
 
+            if self.package_method:
+                repo_package: str = self.data[inst_name]['package'][:-4]  # Get the repo package.
+                if installed != repo_package:
+                    return True
+
+            else:
                 try:
                     if parse(repo_version) > parse(inst_version):
                         return True