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Re: MNG-1577

by Jason van Zyl-2 :: Rate this Message:

On 16 Mar 07, at 12:10 AM 16 Mar 07, Ralph Goers wrote:

> Question. Has Mike or Patrick updated the documentation yet? I
> started to update the wiki a couple of months ago but put it off as
> I didn't want the wiki to reflect something that you couldn't yet
> use. Plus the behavior changed slightly since then.
>
> If they haven't beaten me to it, I'd be happy to do this as I
> promised (hoping they will review it of course).
>

I will also help because we need a spec that people can read to
understand what exactly happens. There is a fundamental level of
confusion as to how snapshots work, how versions work where, and how
you accurately control what versions get pulled in. Ralph, I would
certainly work with you to make an APT or Confluence document.
Wherever is fine with me.

jason.

> Ralph
>
> Jason van Zyl wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> After working with it a little this week I would like to propose
>> to make MNG-1577 behavior introduced the default. Builds are
>> completely and totally unpredictable without this behavior. The
>> behavior in 2.0.5 is fundamentally broken. To are totally prey to
>> any dependency introduced by a dependency which makes no sense and
>> completely counter intuitive. I stabilized a massive build this
>> week simply by using the behavior present in the 2.0.x branch. I
>> don't think we're doing anyone any favors leaving the old behavior
>> in. After watching a disaster be recovered by using this new
>> behavior I feel that the patch should go in as is and become the
>> default behavior. This puts the user in control which is the way
>> it should be.
>>
>> I propose we make this the default behavior. Can anyone think of a
>> case where this degree of control would break an existing build?
>>
>> This patch saved my bacon this week, I think this behavior makes a
>> world of difference to users.
>>
>> Jason.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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