Feature request: Pin a version

[dsbert]

Add the ability to pin a package to a particular version.

When running scoop status, the latest version should be displayed with a note indicating the software is pinned to the current version.

Running scoop update * or scoop update [package] will not update the pinned package.

[r15ch13]

Every installed program has an install.json. Adding a property and checking for it should be easy. A new option for install or a separate pin command could be used to add the property.

[JaneX8]

This feature request was closed by a merge of another feature.

I like the hold/unhold feature but it's not the same as version pinning. See this Hadolint (a Dockerfile linter) documentation for an example of version pinning in Dockerfiles that use Alpine.

Problematic code: apk --no-cache add foo
Partial pin glob: apk --no-cache add foo=~1.2.3
Exact pin: apk --no-cache add foo=1.2.3

Pinning exact versions can cause future builds to suddenly fail if that version is no longer available. Use with caution.

According to the Docker best practices rationale:

Version pinning forces the build to retrieve a particular version regardless of what’s in the cache. This technique can also reduce failures due to unanticipated changes in required packages.

I'd really like to see a similar version pinning mechanism for scoop.