Developers of Sympa

["Stefan Hornburg (Racke)" <address@concealed>]

On 01/25/2011 12:54 PM, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> Le 21/01/2011 14:47, David Verdin a écrit :
> > Hi Soji,
> >
> > I'll update the Sympa pre-requisites so that the upgrade is required
> > when installing / updating Sympa.
> I don't think this is a good idea, as sympa will run perfectly with
> older versions of the module. The idea of pre-requisite is not "what's
> the best version to use according to us", but "what's the minimal
> version needed".
>
> Otherwise, you'll have to track all other modules releases, evaluate the
> impact of changes, and regulary upgrade required versions as well. As a
> completly subjective process, that's a decision belonging to end-users,
> not to sympa developers.

I agree with the minimal version needed approach. However, in this case
the Perl module in question is apparently buggy (memory leak). If the
end user really wants this, he can still edit the prerequisites, can't he?

Regards
        Racke

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