[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-12761) Target-platfom should contain depdencies in the "minimal compatible" version

[Mickael Istria (JIRA)]

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Mickael Istria commented on JBIDE-12761:
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How do you propose we build/verify that everything works against the latest (SR1, SR2) while still ALSO verifying that it builds/works against the minimum (SR0) ?
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Currently we have:
* build and automated tests again "latest"
* installation test against "minimal" (SR0)
* manual tests against <?>
So if I understand correctly, what you suggest is what we currently have.

Having devs using the latest TP in their IDE leads to compatiblity issue (depending on latest whereas an older version would be fine). In JBT, we don't need latest, we should avoid using it as much as possible. That's why I think having JBT Targets containing "minimal dependencies" would work too and prevent from such issues where people tend to rely on too recent stuff.
                
> Target-platfom should contain depdencies in the "minimal compatible" version
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>                 Key: JBIDE-12761
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-12761
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Enhancement
>          Components: target-platform
>            Reporter: Mickael Istria
>            Assignee: Nick Boldt
>             Fix For: 4.0.0.Beta1
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> Currently, TP contains the latest version of all dependencies. However, JBT can run on lower versions of Eclipse. It happens that developer introduce a depdendency on a very recent version when it's not necessary because they rely on our target-platform.
> Instead, TP should contain the minimal versions of all dependencies that are compatible with JBoss Tools. Then developers can rely on very old version, and when necessary, request usage of new one and break dependencies.
> Installation tests are already there to verify installation on latest versions of Eclipse.

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