On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Alejandro J. Cura <alejandro.c...@canonical.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Jamie Strandboge <ja...@canonical.com> > wrote: >> I think this a great approach. Like Alexander and I have mentioned, something >> like this could get messy quickly ('"framework": "ubuntu-14.04 - >> ubuntu-14.04.3"' seems potentially ok, but '"framework": "ubuntu-14.04 - >> ubuntu-16.04"' does not). > > I assume point releases in frameworks should be forward compatible. > > So, I don't see a reason to specify something like "ubuntu-14.04 - > ubuntu-14.04.3". If the app has no need for APIs added to 14.04.3, it > should specify "ubuntu-14.04", and our tools should understand that it > will still work on 14.04.3.
Furthermore, having closed ranges like that will force all devs to re-upload their apps on every point update of the frameworks. And that sounds awful. cheers, -- alecu -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp