Karen Tung wrote: > Hi Joe, > > My understanding of yesterday's discussion on version compatibility is > that 1:1 version match is the > SUPPORTED route. If versions don't match, the install would be allowed > to continue. However, > there's no guarantee on the resulting installation being correct or > not. In situations where the versions > do not match, we will print errors/warnings and also put messages in log > files. Furthermore, we are > considering a new field in the manifest so users can explicitly disallow > installations to proceed if > there's not a 1:1 match. > > We will be having a meeting in 15 minutes discussing this project. > Please join us if you like. > > Thanks, > > --Karen > > Joseph J VLcek wrote: >> After thinking about the Version Compatibility discussion from >> Tuesdays meeting I started to think again about the value of the 1:1 >> match. >> >> It seems to me the biggest argument against requiring a 1:1 version >> match is to make development easier. >> >> So I'd like to propose we discuss requiring the 1:1 match in the code >> but provide some way, perhaps undocumented, of just turning it off all >> together. >> >> This would make the version compatibility solution simpler, provide >> the safest environment for users and not block developers. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Joe >> _______________________________________________ >> caiman-discuss mailing list >> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >
Thank you Karen. > snip > > Furthermore, we are > considering a new field in the manifest so users can > explicitly disallow > installations to proceed if > there's not a 1:1 match. > > snip I like this idea. Joe
