[wix-devs] v4 extension versioning

[Hoover, Jacob]

I am still not sure how we are going to not version the core of wix along with the extensions.  If we are running under that premise, then wix4ext works, but if in the end all repos need to have the indicator then I would vote for WixToolset.v4.Blah.

One would think the 4x to 5x transition could also call for changes in Data/Extensibility.

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I'm voting for ".wix4ext"

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Hi,

I was hoping to be an interloper on the call today but have just been roped ‎into a meeting.

I look forward to listening to the outcome.
Cheers,
Russ

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Ahh, right, totally agree on Data and Extensibility. Those can follow typical semver rules.

Personally, I'm also fine just sticking with normal versioning for extensions (i.e. don't put a number in the id somewhere). The issue is there is always the possibility some change in an extension will break its behavior... and if people want to follow strict semver versioning, there isn't a good way out.

How about I add this to the agenda for the meeting in an hour and we can discuss... again. <smile/>


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What I meant was that there are some packages we would never put breaking changes into, for example Data or Extensibility. If we were still going by
v3 guidelines, we wouldn't put breaking changes into any of the packages.
I'm still surprised we're considering taking breaking changes into extensions in v4.

On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 10:33 PM Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com> wrote:

> I don't know if we know right now which ones would have breaking 
> changes so it seems like we'd want to name them consistently upfront.
>
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> Sean Hall via wix-devs
> Sent: Monday, January 7, 2019 10:44 AM
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> Cc: Sean Hall <r.sean.hall at gmail.com>
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>
> I would think we would only apply the v4 naming to the ones we would 
> consider adding breaking changes to.
>
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 12:01 PM Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com> wrote:
>
> > It's funny. I originally thought about adding a "v4" to the 
> > namespace before then realized the core tools probably didn't need 
> > it and promptly forgot about it as an option.
> >
> > It's an interesting option for WixExtensions. The question is would 
> > we need to use it everywhere for consistency sake?
> >
> > Something like: "WixToolset.v4.Data" (or "WixToolset.Data-v4" or 
> > "WixToolset.Data.v4" or whatever) and "WixToolset.v4.Extensiblity"?
> >
> > For the record, I don't like that... but namespace versioning the 
> > extensions namespace should work.
> >
> >
> > PS: The reasons I don't like semver are less about its rules and 
> > more about the mechanics of setting semver versions. Due to those 
> > mechanical issues, I find semver less sacrosanct than others.
>
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