Improvement over versions

[barrantesgerman]

It would be nice if a flag could be added to skip alpha, beta, snapshot

Another alternative is the possibility of seeing the latest X versions

Currently:

mcs search ch.qos.logback:logback-classic
Searching for ch.qos.logback:logback-classic...

    <dependency>
        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
        <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
        <version>1.3.0-alpha12</version>
    </dependency>

Suggested:

Skip: -s or --skip

mcs search ch.qos.logback:logback-classic -s
Searching for ch.qos.logback:logback-classic...

    <dependency>
        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
        <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.10</version>
    </dependency>

Last 3 versions: -l 3 or --last 3

mcs search ch.qos.logback:logback-classic -l 3
Searching for ch.qos.logback:logback-classic...

  Version                                                Last updated
  ===========                                            ============
  ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.3.0-alpha12           22 Dec 2021 at 14:03 (CST)
  ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.10                  23 Dec 2021 at 14:03 (CST)
  ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.9                   16 Dec 2021 at 14:03 (CST)

[mthmulders]

Thanks for contributing this idea! I feel there would be a lot of "version suffices" that one may want to be skipped - beta, alpha, release candidate, or what not...? The deny-list would soon grow pretty large, and be very opinionated: some people are OK with getting a release candidate while others may not.

The last suggestion does not suffer from that, as it leaves it to the user to make up their mind and decide which one to use. How would you feel with a -l <num> / --last <num> switch for the search command?

[barrantesgerman]

You are absolutely right in what you say, the list could be unmaintainable (alpha, beta, etc)

The second option would open the possibility of selecting the version that someone prefers

Thanks

[bmarwell]

Thanks for contributing this idea! I feel there would be a lot of "version suffices" that one may want to be skipped - beta, alpha, release candidate, or what not...? The deny-list would soon grow pretty large, and be very opinionated: some people are OK with getting a release candidate while others may not.

You are absolutely right in what you say, the list could be unmaintainable (alpha, beta, etc)

… and there are exceptions from the exception lists, e.g. .FINAL for RedHat-Releases :)

+1 for the --last.
FWIW, I'd like to pass it to the generic search as well, not just to the search command which acts like a show command. :)