SHshurcooL·Feb 21, 2018
One of my biggest fights is getting people to use latest versions of high-quality software. More often than not, it avoids problems that are already resolved at tip. Helps discover newly introduced issues quickly and before it's a lot of trouble to fix them. Overall, I think it amortizes the cost of software development and reduces it on average, even if there are more smaller bursts where fixing work needs to be done, it's often trivial to do so.
To that end, I even created Go Package Store [0] to make updating packages in one's GOPATH easier and more transparent. I use it at least once every few days to update my dependencies and deal with anything that comes up (rarely; most often I just need to leave a review comment on the fresh CL/PR). It's a great experience for me.
Despite that, I have a feeling I might like MVS better than the tr
Read the rest
aditional manifest+lock systems that try to pick the latest versions at project start time, but then keep them frozen there until people explicitly update. It makes people less likely to update on their own because they know a new project would start off with latest versions of dependencies anyway.
With this system, you couldn't rely on that, and instead you have to update yourself explicitly from the start. I hope this knowledge gets people to take on that responsibility more often and makes it a good habit. Don't update when you need build stability, but when you have a quiet period and are able to update for some API changes, do so and reduce your tech debt for the future.
> More than anything else, I wanted to find a version selection algorithm that was understandable. Predictable. Boring. Where other systems instead seem to optimize for displays of raw flexibility and power, minimal version selection aims to be invisible. I hope it succeeds.
I'm keeping an open mind and looking forward to seeing how it works out. I have a feeling I might like it despite it seemingly optimizing for the opposite of what I fight for. I'm hopeful.
[0] https://github.com/shurcooL/Go-Package-Store#readme