Phil > There are lots of problems with version ranges, but this would be a bad> idea > for Ring specifically because it would allow backwards-incompatible> versions > to be pulled in when a new breaking clj-stacktrace version is> released. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
2012/1/2 Phil Hagelberg <p...@hagelb.org>: > Takahiro <fat...@googlemail.com> writes: > >> http://imgur.com/5NCEW >> Is any procedure needed? >> I've tried 1.3.4 with clojure 1.2.1/1.3.0 and Emacs 23.3. >> My .emacs.el includes only load-path and marmalade settings. >> >>>> including [ring "1.0.1"] in my project.clj, which uses clj-stacktrace >>>> 0.2.2 instead of 0.2.4. >>> This is actually already mentioned, but I'll try to make it clearer. Do >>> you think this is good? >> I think ring should specify dependency using version range like below. >> [clj-stacktrace "[0.2.2,)"] ;; 0.2.2 <= x >> >> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVEN/Dependency+Mediation+and+Conflict+Resolution >> I didn't know it until recently, but now I think wherever possible >> every library should specify version with it. > > There are lots of problems with version ranges, but this would be a bad > idea for Ring specifically because it would allow backwards-incompatible > versions to be pulled in when a new breaking clj-stacktrace version is > released. Specifying a range with an upper bound is slightly better, but > it will prevent ring from working with newer versions that are > compatible but don't exist at the time of ring's release since ranged > version numbers are absolute and Maven will refuse to resolve two > non-overlapping ranges in the same build. > > I used to think more people should use version ranges, but I recently > discovered these issues and now recommend against their use entirely. > > -Phil > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
