Thanks Nick, this will help a lot, i don't think its explained anywhere in the docs. You are spot on for why i need to do it. We've got some very old software that relies on things that have been deprecated for a long time and now we need to remove them. I think the best option is to rev the major version.
AC On Oct 18, 2010, at 8:12 PM, Nick Zitzmann wrote: > > On Oct 18, 2010, at 4:50 PM, Alexander Cohen wrote: > >> I'm about to make a change in the Major version of a framework ( new version >> will be B ). I've read through the docs and all but i'm not sure i >> understand how to set it up so i keep version A in my build but also build >> the new version B. >> >> Has anyone done this > > Yes. > >> and what should i do? > > You need to either move version A off to a separate project with the same > target, or clone the target in the same project, with a new major version & > its associated changes. Then you build both targets, and the framework > versions will be merged with the same bundle. I think the "current" symlink > is set to whatever version was built most recently. > > Keep in mind that framework versioning is usually unnecessary, unless you > have added variables to a fragile superclass, or if you've removed some > obsolete stuff that might still be in use by old code, or if a bug fix in the > framework is causing regressions in existing apps, or something similar. IOW, > you probably don't need to do this if you added new content, or if the > framework is private & you also own the dependencies. So it would help to > know why you want to do this... > > Nick Zitzmann > <http://www.chronosnet.com/> > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/alex%40toomuchspace.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
