[pmwiki-users] Rethinking $RecipeInfo (was: Keeping recipes up to date)
Patrick R. Michaud
pmichaud at pobox.com
Thu Feb 15 15:22:37 CST 2007
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 08:15:33AM +1100, Kathryn Andersen wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 01:52:59PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 08:40:39PM +0100, Dominique Faure wrote:
> > > From the parsing point of view, I don't see any real difference between:
> > >
> > > # RecipeInfo: Name=RandomQuotes Version=2007-02-15
> > >
> > > and:
> > >
> > > $RecipeInfo['RandomQuotes']['Version']='2007-02-15';
>
> Agreed.
>
> And I like the idea of having $RecipeInfo information, because, once
> it's more widespread, it can be a convenient way for a recipe to check
> whether another recipe is installed -- which could then mean that one
> could make recipes which take advantage of features of other recipes in
> a more graceful manner.
(bangs gavel) Sold!
Pm
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