I've opened up a ticket for this problem: http://jira.openqa.org/browse/WTR-409
If this issue is of interest to you, please watch and/or vote and/or comment on the ticket. I worked on this today and ran into some complications. Please see the ticket for more information. (I'm generally trying to move discussions about bugs to Jira.) On Nov 13, 10:46 am, Charley Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds reasonable to me, I don't see any downside of doing a simple 1.6.3 > quiet release, and you're right, people already do want to bounce back and > forth if they see issues in 1.6.5. > > -Charley > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Bret Pettichord <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Alan, > > > You are seeing a problem that we also saw with Watir 1.6.5RC1. We fixed > > it in the first 1.6.5 by changing the way watir does dependencies. > > > Here are the dependencies for Watir 1.6.2 > > > C:\work\common_ground>gem dependency watir > > Gem watir-1.6.2 > > win32-process (>= 0.5.5, runtime) > > windows-pr (>= 0.6.6, runtime) > > activesupport (>= 0, runtime) > > commonwatir (= 1.6.2, runtime) > > firewatir (>= 0, runtime) > > > The problem is that Watir 1.6.2 will use FireWatir 1.6.5, which runs > > into a conflict with the common watir gem. > > > My thought at the moment is that we should release a Watir 1.6.3 that is > > the same as 1.6.2, but with the dependencies declared correctly. Because > > I know people are going to want to go back and forth between 1.6.5 and > > 1.6.2. > > > Thoughts? > > > Bret > > > Alan Baird wrote: > > > Should have said... > > > > ..it seems that there is an unnecessary gem dependency in the firewatir > > 1.6.2 install for commonwatir 1.6.5 (or maybe it's just for the latest > > version). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Baird > > > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:59 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [wtr-general] install for 1.6.2 doesn't work after 1.6.5 release > > > > This morning I was helping a coworker get some things up and running with > > watir and noticed that he had inadvertently got 1.6.5. Since 1.6.5 changes > > the way .visible? works, we decided to go back to 1.6.2 and make sure > > everything was ok there. We removed watir, commonwatir and firewatir and > > verified that everything was uninstalled. After that, we did the following: > > > > C:\ >gem install watir -v 1.6.2 > > > ERROR: Error installing watir: > > > firewatir requires commonwatir (= 1.6.5, runtime) > > > > C:\ >gem list --local > > > > *** LOCAL GEMS *** > > > (removed unnecessary gems) > > > ... > > > commonwatir (1.6.2) > > > ... > > > > C:\ >gem install firewatir -v 1.6.2 > > > Successfully installed firewatir-1.6.2 > > > 1 gem installed > > > Installing ri documentation for firewatir-1.6.2... > > > Installing RDoc documentation for firewatir-1.6.2... > > > > C:\ >gem install watir -v 1.6.2 > > > Successfully installed watir-1.6.2 > > > 1 gem installed > > > Installing ri documentation for watir-1.6.2... > > > Installing RDoc documentation for watir-1.6.2... > > > > So, to me it seems that there is a gem dependency in the firewatir > > install for commonwatir 1.6.5 (or maybe it's just the latest version). > > > > What do you think? > > > > Alan > > > > This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the > > intended recipients and may contain proprietary and/or confidential > > information which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. > > Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If > > you are not an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email > > and destroy the original message and any copies of the message as well as > > any attachments to the original message. > > > > This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the > > intended recipients and may contain proprietary and/or confidential > > information which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. > > Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If > > you are not an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email > > and destroy the original message and any copies of the message as well as > > any attachments to the original message. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
