(started from thread 'RE: [jira] Commented: (IVY-378) Downloads from filesystem repositories are slow', but has nothing to do with that anymore)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Xavier Hanin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To be clean we should set up a test environment and run the > unit tests against all supported versions. We should... :-) > > Xavier > HoHo... That make me thing to a nice feature request. Ivy support version ranges in the dependencies, and ivy generates a valid classpath with those dependencies. So why not ask ivy to generates a set of coherent dependencies, and find an ant tricks to run the test with each generated classpath. The size of the generated set should be configurable : take all valid version combination, or just all combination of lowest and higest version (without using intermediate versions), or just two classpath (one with the all lowest acceptable version of all dependency and one with all highest version). The idea has certainly to be refined (it's something I have never seen in other product), but this kind of features would really illustrates the power of the dependency management! What do you think about it? Gilles
