{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/2876","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/2876/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/2876/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/2876/events","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/2876","id":111971076,"number":2876,"title":"Parameter to make solver pick the minimal set of version depencencies","user":{"login":"jdnavarro","id":215438,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/215438?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdnavarro","html_url":"https://github.com/jdnavarro","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdnavarro/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdnavarro/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdnavarro/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdnavarro/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdnavarro/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdnavarro/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdnavarro/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdnavarro/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdnavarro/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-10-17T16:17:03Z","updated_at":"2015-10-17T16:55:09Z","closed_at":null,"body":"This would be useful to detect wrong minimum dependency version bounds.\r\n\r\n@kosmikus, would this be too difficult?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/comments/148933881","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/2876#issuecomment-148933881","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/2876","id":148933881,"user":{"login":"phadej","id":51087,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/51087?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/phadej","html_url":"https://github.com/phadej","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phadej/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phadej/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phadej/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phadej/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phadej/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phadej/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phadej/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phadej/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phadej/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-17T16:55:09Z","updated_at":"2015-10-17T16:55:09Z","body":"AFAICS this is a opposite of [`preferLatestOrdering`](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/blob/97ccac0b1a38878f7653c5ea81b8a9c98728cfff/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Dependency/Modular/Preference.hs#L92)\r\nI'd suggest:\r\n- make `preferFirstOrdering`\r\n- make a solver flag (`--prefer-oldest`)\r\n- wire the two things together\r\n- write tests\r\n- profit"}}