pkgx.yaml syntax does not support @latest?

[fredrikaverpil]

I was surprised to see @latest is not supported:

# pkgx.yaml

dependencies:
  - ruby@latest
  - gem@latest
  - node@latest
  - npm@latest
  - python@latest

$ cd dotfiles
× nothing provides: npm@
│ we haven’t pkgd this yet. can you?
╰─➤ https://docs.pkgx.sh/pantry

If I remove the @latest, it loads at least, but I'm not sure if I always will get the latest versions:

$ cd dotfiles
env +ruby-lang.org>=2.3 +nodejs.org +python.org +git-scm.org

Should I just be using the same syntax, but remove the @latest, to always get the latest versions?

[jhheider]

using - ruby or ruby-lang.org: '*' will install the latest version if no other version is on your machine; otherwise, it'll use the latest one on your machine if it satisfies all other constraints.

this is somewhat by design (though @latest should probably be supported). dev dependencies should usually be fairly well-defined.

[fredrikaverpil]

Ok, great - thanks for confirming.

dev dependencies should usually be fairly well-defined

Yeah, I actually use this only so that I can cd into my dotfiles and upgrade all plugins and tooling in Neovim from that location. It needs this tooling, and I like to always use the latest stuff in there.