Difference between revisions of "Pre-upgrade Check Version Specification Debate"

Revision as of 16:50, 6 December 2012

Summary of what's been discussed.

The original requested way that it should work is illustrated in this example:

Original[edit]

<compatibility>
  <version>1.5</version>
  <version>2.5</version>
  <version>3.0.1</version>
  <version>4</version>
<compatibility>

Is interpretted as:

Joomla 1.5: compatible
Joomla 1.6: not compatible
Joomla 1.7: not compatible
Joomla 2.5: compatible
Joomla 3.0: compatible for 3.0.1 and up in the 3.0 version
Joomla 3.1: not compatible
Joomla 3.2: not compatible
Joomla 3.5: not compatible
Joomla 4:0: compatible
Joomla 4.1: compatible
Joomla 4.2: compatible
Joomla 4.5: compatible

Accidentally coded as[edit]

<compatibility>
  <version>1.5</version>
  <version>2.5</version>
  <version>3.0.1</version>
  <version>4</version>
<compatibility>

Is interpretted as:

Joomla 1.5: compatible
Joomla 1.6: not compatible
Joomla 1.7: not compatible
Joomla 2.5: compatible
Joomla 3.0: compatible only for 3.0.1
Joomla 3.1: not compatible
Joomla 3.2: not compatible
Joomla 3.5: not compatible
Joomla 4:0: compatible
Joomla 4.1: compatible
Joomla 4.2: compatible
Joomla 4.5: compatible

The above was changed to the original specifications, but some people continued to argue whether "3.0.1" should mean "compatible for 3.0.1 through 3.0.x" or "only for 3.0.1".

Composer[edit]

Others thought, we shouldn't use either of the above, but should use: Composer

Notes[edit]

99%-100% of the code is written for the original implementation. The getcomposer approach is not written.

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 Others thought, we shouldn't use either of the above, but should use: [http://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#package-versions Composer]
+===Notes===
 %-100% of the code is written for the original implementation.  The getcomposer approach is not written.