<div dir="ltr">+1<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Christian Reiner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:foss@christian-reiner.info" target="_blank">foss@christian-reiner.info</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello all,<br>
sorry if I raise that issue again - but frankly I get annoyed with that issue:<br>
<br>
Again some apps cannot be installed by just 'activating' them inside the<br>
'apps' section of an ownCloud-5.0.3 installation. The result is the unfamous:<br>
"the app cannot be installed because it is not compatible with this version of<br>
ownCloud".<br>
<br>
1.) this is just not true.<br>
2.) the check that leads to this statement does not make sense.<br>
3.) this issue has existed for quite some time now, why is it not fixed?<br>
<br>
I do understand that this issue is not a direct problem for the "core apps"<br>
developed and bundled by the core team. But if ownCloud really is meant to<br>
attract a community of developers coding what is called "3rd party apps" (btw:<br>
why "3rd"?), then such issues must be fixed. The issue has been addressed many<br>
many times before and it is documented in the issue tracker.<br>
I also do understand that it makes sense to have some means to block "old"<br>
apps that are really not compatible with newer versions of ownCloud, since<br>
these might crash the ownCloud core. Although in my eyes this is a<br>
shortcomming of the plugin architecture ownCloud implements for apps, this is<br>
another issue. The problem at hand is simply the version control check done -<br>
which blocks many apps from being installed without any reason.<br>
<br>
I am getting more and more frustrated having to adapt the appinfo/info.xml<br>
file for apps every two weeks or so to prevent that apps are being blocked<br>
again.<br>
- Why is there no announcement that such thing is required? Are 3rd party app<br>
developers meant to sniff that from thin air?<br>
- Why is a change required anyway? I just stumbled over an app (the imprint<br>
app) that could be installed fine inside OC-5.0.0. Now with OC-5.0.3 it is<br>
blocked again. Why? Probably there is a reason why something was changed<br>
again, but that means a change of the app API between two minor versions -<br>
that is something one does not do. With good reasons. Especially not without<br>
taking care that some backwards compatibility exists.<br>
<br>
Christian Reiner (arkascha)<br>
[ Probably cooled down again in a few hours ]<br>
<br>
PS: and no personal offense meant, really not.<br>
I just try to bring that issue up so that it is recognized as an urgent issue.<br>
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