firebug.sdk version dependency is hardcoded

[aliuk2012]

Allow npm install to ignore minor version of firebug.sdk but respect major versions

[cadorn]

I have been using the x variant to slip the patch version as it seems to work most reliably when updating the installed dep to a new patch version:

"dependencies": {
    "firebug.sdk": "0.5.x"
}

[cadorn]

You can also do 0.x but I usually keep the minor version until a lib reaches at least 1.0.

[fflorent]

It is not really a big deal to have a version hardcoded. It is even IMHO a good practice : it means the code has been tested with the specified version of the dependency (and avoid regressions because of an update of it).

If an update of it is available, that's the work of the maintainer to update the package.json file and test again their work.

Just my two cents.

Florent

[cadorn]

I essentially agree. I will have a tool to alert us and auto-test new versions for each extension.

[aliuk2012]

@fflorent I would normally agree but as we get more extensions it will get harder to maintain. I like @cadorn idea of having a tool alert us and then for it to rerun the tests.

Ok, should we leave the minor version in for the time being and just relax the patch version?

[aliuk2012]

Actually this repo is a good example, firebug.sdk is already on 0.5.8 where pixel perfect is looking for and trying to use 0.5.5