[pacman-dev] [PATCH] test version range restrictions corner case

[Emil Lundberg]

> Nonetheless, what a package writer intends when specifying
>
>   depends=('dependency>=3' 'dependency<=4')
>
> is most probably that pacman should only allow this package to be
> installed when there indeed is a package present that provides a version
> of "dependency" that lies _between_ 3 and 5.

I'd think so too. Perhaps a reason for this confusion is the choice of
syntax for version constraints? I don't know how much work and hassle it
would be to change/expand it, but it might be worth at least considering
adopting a less ambiguous syntax. One source of inspiration could be Apache
Ivy, where ranges are specified much like in math: `[3.14,)` for any
version >=3.14, `(3.14,4)` for >3.14 and <=4.

I'm not a Pacman developer and I only manage a small handful of packages,
which don't currently use version constraints, so please disregard me if
I'm completely clueless. :)