Re: [tycho-user] Why is Tycho manifest-first?

[Hamza Soussou <hamza_soussou@xxxxxxxx>]

On 11/17/2011 09:52 AM, Aaron Digulla wrote:
> Zitat von Hamza Soussou <hamza_soussou@xxxxxxxx>:
>
> > when you deal with package dependencies (import-package in 
> > manifest.mf), which would be better: pom-first or manifest-first? I 
> > would vote for manifest-first approach
>
> I prefer an approach which allows repeatable builds. When I build 
> something, I want to be sure what I get. This is very hard to do right 
> with p2.
you can make reproductible builds by setting a strict version to your 
dependencies [1.0.0.RELEASE,1.0.0.RELEASE] for example (and this is the 
same thing when you deal with maven dependencies: you need to specify a 
strict dependency to a given version)
and as you can notice, manifest-first approach can allow you to depend 
on a single version or a range of versions
> Regards,