If an older version of the gem is available to install form somewhere,  
it wouldn't be a problem. You could always gem install extlib -- 
version=0.0.5 or whatever. Then you could use the exact version you  
want.

I don't think the older versions are easily attainable right now, are  
they?


On Aug 26, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Mark Bates wrote:

>
> Amen brother! Personally, I'm also against >= in gem dependencies. The
> sound great in practice, but in the real world you end up running into
> gem dependency nightmares. Then you end up with the dreaded 'Can't
> activate <gem> x.x.x, already activated gem <y.y.y>' error, that you
> spend the entire day tracking. That's just my opinion though.
>
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> Mark Bates
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>
>
> On Aug 26, 2008, at 10:00 AM, Adam French wrote:
>
>> this tight coupling of merb and datamapper regarding extlib is
>> REALLY annoying.
>>
>> 2008/8/26 dc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>>
>>> cross-posting from merb list. current merb doesnt work with DM  
>>> 095, i
>>> was wondering if a fix is forthcoming?
>>>
>>> ---------------------
>>> Yehuda さんが書きました:
>>>
>>> Here's the deal:
>>> Various DM gems require extlib "= 0.9.5" -- this conflicts with the
>>> new
>>> version of extlib released with Merb (0.9.6). We need DataMapper to
>>> release
>>> another gem ASAP with ">= 0.9.5", possibly with a "< 1.0".
>>> Consider these the growing pains of actually sharing code across
>>> libraries.
>>> I am absolutely certain it's the right choice.
>>> -- Yehuda
>>> - 引用テキストを表示 -
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>
>
> >


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