Gabriel Cooper wrote:
> John Waycott wrote:
>
>> As a CM manger, I have to ensure that developers always build with
>> the correct software and tools. I'm uncomfortable with the idea of
>> using an out-of-date (the local copy) externalLib if the current copy
>> is unavailable.
>
> Well... At that point you're either not using any library (*ka-blam!*
> you can't build) or you're using the last-known-good. Which resource
> you use is up to your particular project. As said in the Vendor Branch
> example page at one point they wanted to keep up to the bleeding edge
> of an Apache library, and eventually they cut back to releases only.
>
I need to clarify my statement: I'm uncomfortable using an out-of-date
version when I'm supposed to use the current version. This is a case
where I know I have to get the latest version to continue my work, but
it is not available. However, I usually want to be able to control when
I get it; I don't want to pick up the latest version of a library if I'm
not ready to use it. If it breaks my build unexpectedly, I have to go
back and figure out what happened.
-- John
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Received on Thu Aug 3 15:29:01 2006