public static bool ShouldUseConsidering(
SemanticVersion current,
SemanticVersion considering,
SemanticVersion ideal)
{
if (considering == null)
{
// skip nulls
return(false);
}
if (!considering.EqualsSnapshot(ideal) && considering < ideal)
{
// don't use anything that's less than the requested version
return(false);
}
if (current == null)
{
// always use version when it's the first valid
return(true);
}
if (current.EqualsSnapshot(ideal) &&
considering.EqualsSnapshot(ideal))
{
// favor higher version when they both match a snapshot patter
return(current < considering);
}
else
{
// otherwise favor lower version
return(current > considering);
}
}