[gmpi] Re: SDK/API model simplification

On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 01:09:19PM +1200, jeffmcc@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> If you want the host to automatically use Version 2 inplace
> of Version 1, that's a different issue (does the user really
> want that, what if they prefer V1?).

This is an open question, of course.  Do you *always* want to use the
latest version of a plugin?  Possibly not.

>   Perhaps it's better for a plugin's metadata to indicate
> somehow "this plugin superceeds UID XXX-XXX-XXX".

This list might grow long and painful, every time you release a bugfix.

How about this:

If you release a new bugfix version, increment the version number in the
metadata but keep the same GUID.  If the host finds two plugins with the
same GUID, it can compare version fields and choose the latest version.
If you don't want this to happen, change the GUID.

The only downside to this is that users who want to keep an older version
with the same GUID can't.


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