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On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Christian Reiner <[email protected] > wrote: > Hello all, > sorry if I raise that issue again - but frankly I get annoyed with that > issue: > > Again some apps cannot be installed by just 'activating' them inside the > 'apps' section of an ownCloud-5.0.3 installation. The result is the > unfamous: > "the app cannot be installed because it is not compatible with this > version of > ownCloud". > > 1.) this is just not true. > 2.) the check that leads to this statement does not make sense. > 3.) this issue has existed for quite some time now, why is it not fixed? > > I do understand that this issue is not a direct problem for the "core apps" > developed and bundled by the core team. But if ownCloud really is meant to > attract a community of developers coding what is called "3rd party apps" > (btw: > why "3rd"?), then such issues must be fixed. The issue has been addressed > many > many times before and it is documented in the issue tracker. > I also do understand that it makes sense to have some means to block "old" > apps that are really not compatible with newer versions of ownCloud, since > these might crash the ownCloud core. Although in my eyes this is a > shortcomming of the plugin architecture ownCloud implements for apps, this > is > another issue. The problem at hand is simply the version control check > done - > which blocks many apps from being installed without any reason. > > I am getting more and more frustrated having to adapt the appinfo/info.xml > file for apps every two weeks or so to prevent that apps are being blocked > again. > - Why is there no announcement that such thing is required? Are 3rd party > app > developers meant to sniff that from thin air? > - Why is a change required anyway? I just stumbled over an app (the imprint > app) that could be installed fine inside OC-5.0.0. Now with OC-5.0.3 it is > blocked again. Why? Probably there is a reason why something was changed > again, but that means a change of the app API between two minor versions - > that is something one does not do. With good reasons. Especially not > without > taking care that some backwards compatibility exists. > > Christian Reiner (arkascha) > [ Probably cooled down again in a few hours ] > > PS: and no personal offense meant, really not. > I just try to bring that issue up so that it is recognized as an urgent > issue. > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud >
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