Re: Possibility to install arbitrary module versions with InstallMgr
Tobias Klein <[email protected]>
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Thank you, Troy! Well, it's probably just my developer's mind ... thinking that something could go wrong with a module update and one may want to revert back to a previous version. Best regards, Tobias Am 27. September 2022 21:54:22 schrieb "Troy A. Griffitts" <[email protected]>: > Hi Tobias. Well, adding to the API wouldn't be a significant change there. > What would be significant is retaining previous versions in the remote > repository. I doubt we can get people to offer every version of their > texts. Updates are usually bug fixes and if they are not simply this, we > usually break out the module with a new name, e.g. the NASB1995 is a new > module name to preserve the 95 edition, since the latest NASB module has > translation differences now as it is updated to the 2020 revision. If a > user wants the previous edition, they can grab the NASB1995. > > If a user wants a previous SWORD version of a module, then we've done > something wrong. > > Do you have a particular use case you have found which would benefit from > allowing previous SWORD versions to be installed? > > > On September 27, 2022 9:37:03 PM GMT+02:00, Tobias Klein > <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Troy, > > As I am thinking about module upgrade support for Ezra Bible App (currently > not implemented) I am also (once more) asking myself why there isn't an API > for installing arbitrary module versions with InstallMgr. > > The two additional use cases that I would like to have in the SWORD engine are: > > - Add a function to list the module versions for a given module and a given > repository > - Add a version parameter to the installModule function > > Would it be much effort to implement this in SWORD? > > Are there any existing design constraints that make it hard to add this? > > Best regards, > Tobiassword-devel mailing list: [email protected] > http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page