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[James Tait <james.tait@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 13/02/14 14:10, Pat McGowan wrote:
> Note that the developer should be able to claim support for
> multiple frameworks.

The phrasing here concerns me.  Are packages declaring *support for* a
specific framework and version, implying a "suggests" or "recommends"
kind of relationship; or are they declaring *dependence on* a specific
framework and version, implying a "requires" kind of relationship?

The Click Index has been developed along the lines of the latter -
packages declare the frameworks they *require* to run, and clients
pass the list of *supported* frameworks in the query, so we can filter
out packages that declare an unmet dependency.

We don't currently support a "suggests" or "recommends" dependency
either in the Software Centre or Click Index.

JT
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James Tait, BSc. | https://launchpad.net/~jamestait/
Software Engineer, Canonical Online Services, Web and Ops Team
Ubuntu - Linux for human beings | www.ubuntu.com
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