It's possible to specify "version exceptions" in the new package catalog system (i.e., on pkg.racket-lang.org). I want to use one version (old version) for pre-6.0, and another one for >= 6.0. IIUC, the right way to do this is to specify a mapping for 'default to my pre-6 branch, and then explicit mappings for 6.0 and 6.1 to the new version.
My questions: 1) how are version numbers matched? I just tried an experiment, and it looks like my version exceptions are confined to exact matches; e.g., when I have a version exception for 6.1, and I do a raco pkg catalog-show for 6.1.0.8, I get the default one. 2) This requires me to add an exception for every new version, right? Finally, I'm still kind of baffled by the pkg.racket-lang.org interface; it seems that when I make changes to a package and then close and re-open the floating window, my changes are still there, but that actually hitting browser reload often causes the changes to be lost. Am I just waiting for a change to propagate through a back-end database, here? Many thanks, John
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