Re: Re: PEAR 1.4.0a4 doesn't understand that beta is more stable than alpha?

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:37:44 -0500, Greg Beaver <cellog@php.net> wrote: > Justin Patrin wrote: > > > pear/PEAR requires package "pear/PEAR_Frontend_Web" (version >= > > 0.5.0), installed version is 0.4 > > pear/PEAR requires package "pear/PEAR_Frontend_Gtk" (version >= > > 0.4.0), installed version is 0.3 > > Cannot install, dependencies failed > > I know there is a lot of words there, but read the text mon ami :) > > 0.5.0 > 0.4, and 0.4.0 > 0.3, so the install failed, as it should. > PEAR_Frontend_Web 0.4 and PEAR_Frontend_Gtk 0.3 are not compatible with > PEAR 1.4.0, and you could potentially screw things up by trying to use > them with PEAR 1.4.0, hence the warning. > Well, I got those parts. The one I was commenting on was: Failed to download pear/PEAR_Frontend_Web within preferred state alpha", latest release is version 0.4, stability "beta" Why would it fail to download a beta when the preferred state is stable? Is it because it's not compatible with PEAR 1.4.0a6? If so, that's not a very useful error message. -- Justin Patrin