Re: [RFC] BC breakage in PEAR - how to handle it properly

From: Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 05:06:55 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] BC breakage in PEAR - how to handle it properly
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Greg Beaver wrote:
Problem: BC breakage in PEAR has not been addressed. If one package depends on version 2.x of a package, and another depends on version 1.x, one package loses in the end. version 1.x can't be installed with version 2.x.
Just out of curiosity, how does CPAN (or other similar projects) handle this, and does it have any major problems? -- Marshall Roch http://pear.php.net/user/mroch

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