[Owncloud] Dependency Checking

eMerzh merzhin at gmail.com
Sun Oct 14 15:18:02 UTC 2012


Unfortunately i won't be there for the OC meeting.
i will try to produce some proposition about my view and transmit it
to someone who can attend the meeting...

Thanks

eMerzh


On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Christian Reiner
<foss at christian-reiner.info> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>> On Friday 12 October 2012 20:57:08 eMerzh wrote:
>> [...]
>> My idea is to put a field in the info.xml with informations of dependence
>> like : OC version  (min / max / ..)
>> php version
>> OC app (version?)
>> OS type / version
>> DB type / version?
>
> There was a short exchange over that issue on this mailing list on 17.08.2012
> started with this subject: "Improvement for the required version test blocking
> apps". You actually contributed a message yourself.
>
> As far as I know no one currently works on that field. However it is one of
> the points on the list for the developer sprint end of october in Berlin. The
> idea was to collect meaningful requirements and dependencies worth checking
> and describing and to setup a strategy together. The imlementation itself can
> be done afterwards, that stuff won't be too complex or performance critical.
> To me it appears very important to define a clear syntax how such dependencies
> can be described. Most likely inside the appinfo/info.xml file, as an
> extension (or better replacement) of the current "require" flag. Altering that
> syntax later or changing its evaluation logic later will be unconvenient,
> since the feature will be in usage in all apps. So its one of those things
> that should be done right from the begin...
>
> Are you gonna take part in that developer sprint?
> I really think this issue deserves attention and should be approached by more
> than just one or two app devs.
>
> --
> Christian Reiner (arkascha)
> [ foss at christian-reiner.info ]
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