On 13-05-13 15:57, Ian Cordasco wrote:
If I release a library dependent upon a particular API in one version
of a dependency and before I release my next version I notice plans to
break the existing API, why shouldn't I pin the version to protect
users (or at least provide a maximum version) from getting horrible
exceptions?

Best example: if you pin "somelibrary=1.2" in your library, none of your users can use the critical 1.2.1 bugfix release.


Reinout

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