My understanding of the situation and what Bill is saying: An addon can be tagged (RELEASE in manifest.ijs ) to be released for either J602 or J701 or both. For addons tagged to be released for both J versions, updating the addon will update it for both J602 and J701. Of course releasing it for both doesn't mean that it will work for both unless you have tested it!
I think Bill's point was that if you wanted to continue to develop an existing addon only for J602 and it had already been released for J701, then one solution would be to create a new addon that is essentially a copy of the old code and only release it for J602. On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me make sure I understand. > > If I am running J6.02, when I use Pacman to get stuff it will make sure > I don't get anything that requires a version later than 6.02. > > If I modify/add programs in Addons, they will be available in either > J602 or J701 unless I do something special to mark them as tied to a > specific release. > > That works for me. > > Henry Rich > > On 12/21/2010 7:34 PM, bill lam wrote: >> If you really want to make it available under j602 or j702 but not both, you >> may put it in a new addons, and mark its RELEASE in manifest.ijs >> >> Втр, 21 Дек 2010, Henry Rich писал(а): >>> I reckon that it will be many months or years before I can move to J701 >>> - I will need 2D and 3D graphics, plot, grid, and something like wd >>> forms. In the meantime library development continues. >>> >>> Does Pacman keep different library versions for 6.02 and 7.01, so that I >>> can get packages out for use in 6.02 without fear that I will get some >>> feature that works only in 7.01? >>> >>> And, do the current development plans allow for continuing upgrades to >>> 6.02 libraries? I expect that many users will be in my case and not be >>> able to leave 6.02, and it would be good if they could benefit from >>> continuing work. >>> >>> I have a couple of things for the math library - a mod to amoeba.ijs and >>> a new script that Marshall wrote for Powell's method - and I have been >>> holding off because I knew the libraries were in flux. But now that I >>> finally understand that JFE is not continuing into J7, I would like to >>> know where I should put these changes so that they will be available to >>> J602 and J7. >>> >>> Henry Rich >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
