Hi Julia,
How are the semantics of FixName any different than the semantics
associated with the VersionRangeType based upon my proposal? MinVersion
and MaxVersion are of type VersionType which is xsd:string. FixName is
also xsd:string. How are the greater than/less than comparison's
semantically different? There is no rule that MinVersion and MaxVersion
can't be "Joe" or "Sam" respectively and as such the
comparison issue raised for FixName is also inherent in MinVersion/MaxVersion.
I see no difference.
The issue you raised is why I recommend we revisit Version in the 1.1
version of the specification. For 1.0, however, I am looking for a tweak
that gets us closer to having something that works and I think adding FixName
to MinVersion/MaxVersion gets us much closer.
And I would like to amend my proposal based on Randy and I's
exchange last night and state that we should remove FixName from
VersionRangeType and only have FixName associated with MinVersion and
MaxVersion.
Cheers,
-Jason
From: Julia McCarthy
[mailto:julia@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:17 AM
To: Jason Losh
Cc: sdd-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [sdd-comment] VersionRangeType
This proposal will not accomplish what you
want. Fix name can only be compared for equality. Let's use your example of a
min version of Windows 2000 with SP1 and max Version of Windows Vista with SP1.
If the actual os is Windows 2000 with SP4, all you know is that it is not
Windows 2000 with SP1. You do NOT know if it is within the required range. SP1
and SP42 are fix names and the semantics of fix name do not involve comparison
for greater or less than. All you can know is that SP1 does not equal SP4.
Julia McCarthy
Install Strategy and Development
julia@us.ibm.com
877-261-0391
Jason
Losh <Jason.Losh@sas.com>
|
Jason
Losh <Jason.Losh@sas.com> 02/18/2008 04:33
PM |
|
Hello SDD TC,
In the SDD schema posted for review, there is a complex type called
VersionRangeType that includes an element called FixName. FixName in this
case is associated with the range and not the MinVersion or MaxVersion
elements. I suggest adding FixName to MinVersion and MaxVersion in
addition to leaving FixName associated with the overall range. By adding
FixName to MinVersion and MaxVersion, one can specify a minimum and maximum
version that includes fix information specific to MinVersion and MaxVersion,
for example, any Windows operating system between Windows 2000 SP1 and Windows
Vista SP1.
Regards,
-Jason
_________________
Jason Losh
Software Manager, Installation Technologies
Release Management Division, SAS
Office: (919) 531-4759
Mobile: (919) 607-5709
Email: Jason.Losh@sas.com<mailto:Jason.Losh@sas.com>
http://www.sas.com
SAS ... THE POWER TO KNOW
--
This publicly archived list offers a means to provide input to the
OASIS Solution Deployment Descriptor (SDD) TC.
In order to verify user consent to the Feedback License terms and
to minimize spam in the list archive, subscription is required
before posting.
Subscribe: sdd-comment-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org
Unsubscribe: sdd-comment-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org
List help: sdd-comment-help@lists.oasis-open.org
List archive: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/sdd-comment/
Feedback License: http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/feedback_license.pdf
List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php
Committee: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=sdd