Re: bundles

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:04:08 -0400, Greg Beaver <greg@chiaraquartet.net> wrote: [snip] > > The only solution is to be more strict with versioning in a dependency. > Each dependency should specify a recommended version that will be > installed _regardless of available versions_. On the other hand, a > newer version of the dependency should be able to specify _explicit_ > compatibility with the older versions. > > Anything else would error out and cause installation to fail, except for > the use of --force (or a new option specifically for this, > --relaxedversioning), which would allow installation the way it works now. I really like this idea. +1 from me. > Since I will be the one writing the code for this, perhaps it's best to > let me write it, and we can always remove it after there has been some > regression testing. Regression testing always finds the bad ideas. The > point is, I am positive that these problems exist, and can be elegantly > solved in a way that supports both the upgrade freak and the > fear-of-breakage users, without requiring any advanced knowledge from > the fear-of-breakage folks, or pain from upgrade freaks. > [snip] I say go ahead with it. -- DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder paperCrane --Justin Patrin--