Are we making sure that the version info contains all types of
information, ie not just the version of dependency x, but also the fact
that for version 1.0 the dependency on x didn't even exist?
Scott Sanders
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason van Zyl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 7:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [gump] adding version info
>
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> On 8/21/01 10:05 PM, "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Our discussion revolved around making JJAR work against the gump
> > information repository rather than it's own information repository.
> >
> > My personal belief is that either
> >
> > 1) Gump should use JJAR to get dependency information.
> Using tools is
> > good.
>
> I think that all of a projects information should be stored
> in a single
> location. Gump has full inter-project dependencies, but what
> it lacks is the
> version info to build a release with stated versions of
> packages, and the
> project descriptors don't currently state their latest version. A few
> additions and building a project with specific versions of
> packages will be
> possible. This info will also be enough for a JJAR like task
> to assist with
> a build.
>
> I am fully aware of the need for version info because I plan
> to use Gump to
> build distributions of the TDK in a reliable way that will
> let any Turbine
> developer who wants to participate managing releases do so in
> a consistent
> fashion. We obviously must use stated versions of tools. This
> would allow a
> rigourous build of a distribution that would be consistent
> across machines.
>
> > 2) If Gump doesn't want to depend on external tools and
> must define its
> > own dependency information, then it should make that
> dependency set free
> > of any gump specific schema structure or data, so that it
> can be shared
> > as widely as possible and let all tools that use it (gump included)
> > evolve in their own way w/o affecting the others.
>
> Again I see it as project information as a whole, if you have a better
> layout for dependencies I think it should be added the
> descriptors in the
> gump repository. I don't see them as gump descriptors. I see
> them as project
> descriptors that gump utilizes. I think that many, many tools
> can use these
> descriptors JJAR among them.
>
> > I have a whole bunch of reasons for both, but I won't bore
> y'all with
> > them.
> >
> > geir
> >
>
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