Non-numeric version numbers don't work in packages.yaml #1557
Description
I have the following package ibmisc:
class Ibmisc(CMakePackage):
"""Misc. reusable utilities used by IceBin."""
homepage = "https://github.com/citibeth/ibmisc"
url = "https://github.com/citibeth/ibmisc/tarball/v0.1.0"
version('0.1.2', '3a6acd70085e25f81b63a7e96c504ef9')
version('0.1.1', '1bca77795cca96c583dcf75a0c666552')
version('0.1.0', '058af1c774b5836a1a71fd10611d80b5')
version('develop',
git='https://github.com/citibeth/ibmisc.git',
branch='develop')
...
I then add to packages.yaml:
ibmisc:
version: [9999]
variants: +python +netcdf
Now try spack spec ibmisc, and I get:
[email protected]%[email protected]+blitz+boost~everytrace+googletest+netcdf+proj+python+udunits2 arch=linux-centos7-x86_64
I can work around this by adopting (arcane) conventions that certain numeric version numbers mean certain things. For example, if I search-and-replace develop --> 9999 in the above package.py and packages.yaml, then spack spec ibmisc yields my development version:
ibmisc@9999%[email protected]+blitz+boost~everytrace+googletest+netcdf+proj+python+udunits2 arch=linux-centos7-x86_64