Re: Re: Please update package.xml to version 2 by September 1st, 2008
| From: | Christian Weiske | Date: | Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:07:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Please update package.xml to version 2 by September 1st, 2008 | ||
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Hello Laurent,
> > All packages should upgrade their package.xml to version two or place
> > a second package2.xml file along their existing package.xml - and
> > upload a new release.
>
> Is there exception for package that are superseced ?
> I'm myself maintainer of HTML_Progress / HTML_Progress2.
>
> I don't see any reason to release a new version only to add a package
> xml v2 for a package that were stopped in development, while there is a
> new version HTML_Progress2 that continue (on dev and support).
Pyrus (the PEAR2 installer) does not support package.xml v1 anymore. This is the main reason to get
all packages to v2.
I personally don't see a reason why upgrading the packages should not be possible. pear convert
does the things for you, and releasing a new version isn't that hard.
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Regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Christian Weiske