Re: clever idea for BC with package.xml 2.0?

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:22:01 -0400, Greg Beaver <cellog@php.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I've just added code that would allow a .tgz package to be bundled with > both a package.xml version 2.0 and version 1.0. This means the > installer would first look for package2.xml, and if it finds it, ignore > package.xml. > > This will allow packages such as the PEAR package itself to provide both > versions, to allow users of crap-old versions of PEAR to upgrade to any > future version of PEAR 1.x, and will give the delightful ability to > separate PEAR_ErrorStack out in PEAR 1.4.0 with no adverse side effects. > > My question: does this sound reasonable? > > Obviously this would also allow channels to distribute packages that > will install with both older versions of PEAR and the latest version. > With the old way of doing things, once you distribute a package in > version 2.0, you shut out every single existing user of the PEAR > installer. This isn't such a bad thing for most channels, as I expect > channels will be primarily used for PHP5 apps written from scratch, but > for existing infrastructure such as Horde, I imagine the existing > userbase would crucify anyone who did that to them :). > > Greg > Sounds like a great idea to me. -- paperCrane --Justin Patrin--