Re: Re: Breaking BC / Changing API / Deprecating
| From: | Justin Patrin | Date: | Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:27:38 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Breaking BC / Changing API / Deprecating | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 4 5 | Groups: | php.pear.dev |
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On 7/19/05, Joe Stump <joe@joestump.net> wrote:
> >
> > The problem is this: Have a user needing packages X, Y and Z. X has
> > two
> > versions with incompatible APIs, v1.0 and v2.0. Both Y and Z depend on
> > X. Y depends on X version 1. Z depends on X version 2. How can you
> > install all the packages?
>
> I say that the package maintainer for Y needs to get off his/her lazy
> ass and update their code or the QA team needs to. If version 2 of X
> is non-stable and Z depends on it, then Z should be non-stable as
> well. Afterall, how can a stable package rely on non-stable code?
>
Ih both this and your package.xml note above you fail to realize that
*not all PHP code is in PEAR* and *not all packages / programs use
PEAR packaging*.
Also, who said anything about X2 being non-stable?
>
> >
> > Cheers,
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> > Sérgio Carvalho
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