[Pulp-dev] Recommendation: plugin master branches don't declare pulpcore upperbound

[Mike DePaulo]

On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 10:40 AM Brian Bouterse <bmbouter at redhat.com> wrote:

> tl;dr: Have your plugin's setup.py only declare a minimum compatibility
> requirement with pulpcore, e.g. 'pulpcore>3.1' instead of what we typically
> do now 'pulpcore>3.1,<3.3'.
>
> # motivation
>
> When pulpcore releases a y-stream release it's master branch iterates to
> the next y-version. So for the 3.2 release master became 3.3.0.dev. When
> other plugins contain upper version limits this change breaks many plugins.
>
>
> # solution
>
> Don't declare a maximum version on 'master'. Do declare a maximum version
> when you release though, to ensure users don't receive the next pulpcore
> y-release which could contain backwards incompatible changes.
>
> Other ideas or suggestions are welcome. This is just my recommendation.
>
> -Brian
>

I agree with this change. I think it will save more hassle than it creates.

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