Sounds reasonable to me, I don't see any downside of doing a simple 1.6.3 quiet release, and you're right, people already do want to bounce back and forth if they see issues in 1.6.5.
-Charley On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Bret Pettichord <b...@pettichord.com>wrote: > > Alan, > > You are seeing a problem that we also saw with Watir 1.6.5RC1. We fixed > it in the first 1.6.5 by changing the way watir does dependencies. > > Here are the dependencies for Watir 1.6.2 > > C:\work\common_ground>gem dependency watir > Gem watir-1.6.2 > win32-process (>= 0.5.5, runtime) > windows-pr (>= 0.6.6, runtime) > activesupport (>= 0, runtime) > commonwatir (= 1.6.2, runtime) > firewatir (>= 0, runtime) > > The problem is that Watir 1.6.2 will use FireWatir 1.6.5, which runs > into a conflict with the common watir gem. > > My thought at the moment is that we should release a Watir 1.6.3 that is > the same as 1.6.2, but with the dependencies declared correctly. Because > I know people are going to want to go back and forth between 1.6.5 and > 1.6.2. > > Thoughts? > > Bret > > Alan Baird wrote: > > Should have said... > > > > ..it seems that there is an unnecessary gem dependency in the firewatir > 1.6.2 install for commonwatir 1.6.5 (or maybe it's just for the latest > version). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: watir-general@googlegroups.com [mailto: > watir-gene...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Baird > > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:59 AM > > To: watir-general@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [wtr-general] install for 1.6.2 doesn't work after 1.6.5 release > > > > > > This morning I was helping a coworker get some things up and running with > watir and noticed that he had inadvertently got 1.6.5. Since 1.6.5 changes > the way .visible? works, we decided to go back to 1.6.2 and make sure > everything was ok there. We removed watir, commonwatir and firewatir and > verified that everything was uninstalled. After that, we did the following: > > > > C:\ >gem install watir -v 1.6.2 > > ERROR: Error installing watir: > > firewatir requires commonwatir (= 1.6.5, runtime) > > > > C:\ >gem list --local > > > > *** LOCAL GEMS *** > > (removed unnecessary gems) > > ... > > commonwatir (1.6.2) > > ... > > > > C:\ >gem install firewatir -v 1.6.2 > > Successfully installed firewatir-1.6.2 > > 1 gem installed > > Installing ri documentation for firewatir-1.6.2... > > Installing RDoc documentation for firewatir-1.6.2... > > > > C:\ >gem install watir -v 1.6.2 > > Successfully installed watir-1.6.2 > > 1 gem installed > > Installing ri documentation for watir-1.6.2... > > Installing RDoc documentation for watir-1.6.2... > > > > So, to me it seems that there is a gem dependency in the firewatir > install for commonwatir 1.6.5 (or maybe it's just the latest version). > > > > What do you think? > > > > Alan > > > > This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the > intended recipients and may contain proprietary and/or confidential > information which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. > Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If > you are not an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email > and destroy the original message and any copies of the message as well as > any attachments to the original message. > > > > > > > > This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the > intended recipients and may contain proprietary and/or confidential > information which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. > Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If > you are not an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email > and destroy the original message and any copies of the message as well as > any attachments to the original message. > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to watir-general@googlegroups.com Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to watir-general-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
