[Owncloud] Again and again: Version control when installing an app

[Arman Khalatyan]

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On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Christian Reiner <foss at christian-reiner.info
> wrote:

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