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["Alejandro J. Cura" <alejandro.cura@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Alejandro J. Cura
<alejandro.cura@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Jamie Strandboge <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I think this a great approach. Like Alexander and I have mentioned, something
>> like this could get messy quickly ('"framework": "ubuntu-14.04 -
>> ubuntu-14.04.3"' seems potentially ok, but '"framework": "ubuntu-14.04 -
>> ubuntu-16.04"' does not).
>
> I assume point releases in frameworks should be forward compatible.
>
> So, I don't see a reason to specify something like "ubuntu-14.04 -
> ubuntu-14.04.3". If the app has no need for APIs added to 14.04.3, it
> should specify "ubuntu-14.04", and our tools should understand that it
> will still work on 14.04.3.

Furthermore, having closed ranges like that will force all devs to
re-upload their apps on every point update of the frameworks. And that
sounds awful.

cheers,
-- 
alecu