RE: [plcs-dex] Template dependancies

Apologies Tim – this is our fault.

We should have sent out an email requesting the change.

BTW – I was not sure why this affected the variance template. I could not understand why anyone would need to use "assigning_approval_person". Then I saw that you have in affect redrawn the "assigning_approval" template.

I was wondering why you didn't just use it in toto?

BTW – I am working on enabling the templates to be in separate files, so that they can be individually managed

Regards
Rob

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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Bergström [mailto:peter.bergstrom@eurostep.com]
Sent: 20 April 2006 00:17
To: 'Tim Turner'; plcs-dex@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [plcs-dex] Template dependancies

Sorry Tim,

I’m responsible for the assigning_approval_person problem you have. I’m currently editing the capability assigning_approval, and in doing so I thought that the name was incorrect (approving person is more accurate than approval-person), and changed it… Without thinking about consequences.

I still think I made a change to the better, but if consequences are too big and its not worth it, then I will change back.

Regardless of this specific case, I think you are right in the need for visibility in DEXlib, because since templates are quite new, I think we will bump into this type of issues several times more, until the templates have settled down a bit. We are still learning all this…

Peter Bergström

From: Tim Turner [mailto:tjt@lsc.co.uk]
Sent: den 19 april 2006 23:49
To: plcs-dex@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [plcs-dex] 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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