[Tickets #6559] Re: Application should fail gracefully if prerequisites not installed

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/6559
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 Ticket             | 6559
 Updated By         | php at ideacode.com
 Summary            | Application should fail gracefully if prerequisites
not installed
 Queue              | Horde Framework Packages
 Version            | HEAD
 Type               | Bug
 State              | Not A Bug
 Priority           | 1. Low
 Milestone          |
 Patch              |
 Owners             |
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php at ideacode.com (2008-04-09 15:56) wrote:

> First of all, this is a pretty nice patch. Thank you for submitting it.

No problem.

> Given these two things - this is only true for two applications, and
> we'll be moving to an already-existing, more complete system in the
> future - I don't think it makes sense to introduce a separate
> dependency mechanism into Horde.

I agree: introducing solutions to soon-to-be-extinct problems is not
strategically sound.  However, I would suggest -- and this may already
exist, I've just not gotten to that point in the manual -- that these
future plans be documented on an up-to-date roadmap so that contributors
understand your philosophy and direction. :)