Pre-upgrade Check Version Specification Debate: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 21:50, 6 December 2012

Summary of what's been discussed.

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

Original

<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

<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

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

Notes

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.