[Owncloud] apps by OC version??

[Frank Karlitschek]

On 19.11.2013, at 11:49, Christian Reiner <foss at christian-reiner.info> wrote:

> Hi Nikola, 
> 
>> How can I see apps that are supported in OC version 5, and OC version 6?
>> I'm asking because I am trying to decide if I should go with OC version
>> 5 or 6. One of the apps I will need is user_saml.
> 
> you cannot see that. The main reason simply is that owncloud app store is not 
> able to support that. It unfortunately forces app developers to decide what 
> owncloud version to offer an app for. Regardless of the fact that some apps 
> actually support multiple owncloud versions. 
> This is an annoying behaviour, but fact right now. That issue has been 
> discussed multiple times, but no actions have been taken to solve it. 

You are right. We have to work on that.

But I'm not sure if it's a huge problem in real life. Most of our current 3rd party apps don't have the level of quality that your apps have so that they actually run on different ownCloud version without problems :-)

For example I'm quite sure that the current user_saml would break an ownCloud 6 if someone would just click on "enable" in the app installer. 

Things will be better in the future with our improved public API for apps and we will enforce the usage of the stable API by enabling the code checker by default.
So I hope that we have a way better backward compatibility for ownCloud 6+


Frank



> You can always install an app manually in different owncloud versions _if_ the 
> app supports it. But that is not worth much, since the majority of owncloud 
> users install apps directly from the app store within the apps page of their 
> administration section, which clearly makes sense. 
> 
> Christian Reiner (arkascha)
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