Template dependancies

[Tim Turner <tjt@lsc.co.uk>]

Title: Template dependancies

Hi,

I completed several templates for (Variance v1.20) which call others (& therefore, rely upon them) whose mapping paths were successfully parsed last week - but now have errors in them.

This is because of changes in underlying templates from other (well meaning) editors which have either removed certain parameters or removed whole templates altogether - which were expected by those re-using them.

While fixes are a normal part of CM life, the impacts can be extensive if a template has many dependants. It would be nice to somehow know when dependancies change, and perhaps to know what templates will be affected when making changes: can Dexlib provide such a view for developers/editors?

I will need to redesign my templates if assigning_approval_person is to stay deleted - so some feedback on the status of this template would be useful.

Perhaps we should agree to "announce" such removals.

Regards,
Tim

NB - On a related issue: I think there are similar issues when reference data are removed; the capabilities which were developed using them now have significant 'holes'.

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