Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] dependencies, build and P2

[Thomas Hallgren <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

On 2010-12-18 11:46, Eike Stepper wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> I like this idea very much, although I'm not sure if I fully 
> understand all implications.
>
> Would that mean that, for ourselves, we work around a severe issue 
> (the issue that a feature.xml can not include ranges), but still leave 
> our end consumers with that very issue?
The setup would ensure that everything that is produced would be 
consistent beyond the scope of your own build. The lack of version 
ranges in features "includes" is another issue altogether. The 
recommendation is that you use feature "requirements" for all things 
that you don't produce (and hence ranges) and "includes" for the things 
that you produce. The requirements does allow ranges and they should not 
be tighter than necessary to ensure that your feature can play well with 
others.

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren