For test and deployment, I have to be sure that I know exactly which versions I load and I have to be sure to be able to load exactly the same code again. I do not speak from my projects but from the projects I use.
I found myself asking people again and again to set tags in their projects and being surprised again and again by changed code even though I am trying to load versions (with versions I mean NOT #stable or #master but like v2.2.2). The reason for this problem I then have, is that often in baselines with version numbers (e.g. v2.2.2) other projects are referenced but as master. So in consequence, I load version but get master from another project which is referenced indirectly. For me, that this is not good at all. I was wondering that this seems not to be a problem for others. I found out that I can put a lock in my baselines preLoadDoIt for those indirectly referenced projects. Examlpe Artefact v1.0.1 https://github.com/pharo-contributions/Artefact/blob/v1.0.1/src/BaselineOfArtefact/BaselineOfArtefact.class.st loads github://zweidenker/Units/src (which is master). I found a solution for this: In the preLoadDoIt of my baseline I lock Units to a certain commit. preLoadDoIt Metacello new baseline: 'Units'; repository: 'github://zweidenker/Units:98d5a3d/src'; lock. This solves my problem in this example. Disadvantage is that I have to analyze everything which is loaded from the projects I use and create a lock for it. Questions: 1.) Wouldn't it make sense to have some mechanism, perhaps in Rowan then, where I can say that a project which has a number can only reference other projects with numbers? This would avoid the whole problem 2.) How do others solve this problem? addendum: I do not speak about project versions which are in development, here #stable or master are great features. But sometime when a project has a certain state, and it gets a version, then it should not change..imho -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html
