[sword-devel] Possibility to install arbitrary module versions with InstallMgr

[Tobias Klein]

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" 
<scribe at crosswire.org>:
> 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 
> <contact at tklein.info> 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?
>
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