Phil, Tasillo thanks for the reply. The plugin is very helpful.
On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 11:52:41 AM UTC+5:30, Tassilo Horn wrote: > > Phil Hagelberg <p...@hagelb.org> writes: > > >> Does leiningen support wildcards in dependencies version numbers ? I > >> would usually like to use the latest version for some library, and it > >> would be nice if I can indicate it by using a wildcard, so tat I dont > >> need to keep checking if a new version has been released. > > > > You can do this, but it's not a good idea: > > https://github.com/technomancy/leiningen/wiki/Repeatability > > I did use that, and as Phil points out ran into maven dependency issues. > My motivation was mainly that it's convenient when you get dependency > updates "for free", and I am pretty optimistic that my stuff usually > won't break if foobar-0.1.0 is updated to foobar-0.2.0. > > Because of the dependency issues I stopped using version ranges, and in > the meantime I discovered the leiningen outdated plugin at > > https://github.com/ato/lein-outdated > > Using that, running "lein outdated" tells you what dependencies have > received updates (on maven central, clojars, whatever you use), and you > can easily adjust versions and check if your project works with the new > versions, too. That's about as convenient as version ranges, and it has > the added benefit of you knowing exactly what you've updated in case an > update really breaks something. > > Bye, > Tassilo > -- 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
