Re: Re: Conditional package dependencies?

From: Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:59:22 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: Conditional package dependencies?
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On 6/11/07, Olivier Guilyardi <ojaiml@nerim.net> wrote:
Gregory Beaver wrote: Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
If I understand correctly you mean that: - SDG_DS_SQLQuery 1.0.x wouldn't provide any file by its own but depend
on: 
    - PHP4
    - SDG_DS_DBQuery (the old DB-based driver)
    - SDG_DS_MDB2 (the old MDB2-based driver)
- SDG_DS_SQLQuery 1.1.x would provide the new driver's files and depend
on: 
    - PHP5
- Structures_DataGrid would depend on: 
    - SDG_DS_SQLQuery >= 1.0
Then the pear installer would download the 1.0.x version if it detects
PHP4, and
the 1.1.x or later version otherwise. Is this right?
This is indeed the solution I'm talking about. Be forewarned that this will result in some really long version numbers like 1.0.48 and 1.1.94 if you do a lot of releases :). Actually, I don't see any reason to release anything else that 1.0 in the 1.0.x series. Whenever we release a new version of SDG_DS_DBQuery or SDG_DS_MDB2, the pear installer should install the latest PHP4-compatible version. And what's wrong with normal numbering starting from 1.1? We could release 1.2, 1.3, etc.. as long as 1.0 is the only release that's not compatible with PHP5. Am I right?
Wrong, you can't break BC after a stable release unless you make a major version. - Helgi

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