Re: Dependence on specific versions
Stefane Fermigier <sf@nuxeo.com> writes:
> Only by fixing version numbers of third-party libraries can you be sure
> that the same build that works today will still work next week, if you
> redo the build on the exact same version of the sources (and Maven, and
> Java, of course), any operating system.
> Yes, we do upgrade third-party lib versions from time to time, but only
> when there is a good reason to ("if it ain't broke, don't fix it").
> BTW: I used to think like you 3-4 years ago when I discovered Maven, but
> had to change my mind due to the reality.
For those of us who have been doing this sort of thing for a while, this
argument sounds very familiar. I've heard this argument applied to C
libraries, Perl modules, Python modules, and most recently Ruby modules.
It always sounds persuasive when presented from a stability perspective.
It has always proven to be completely wrong in the long run.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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