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Versions

The canonical source for versioned dependencies are listed in versions.dart.

Dependencies

The dependencies of the pub site are somewhat independent:

  • direct runtime dependencies:

    • the Dart SDK that is used to run the pub site and services
    • the package dependencies defined in app/pubspec.yaml
      • pana (used for package analysis) is part of these

  • tool environment dependencies:

    • the Dart SDK that is used to run the package analysis
    • the Flutter SDK that is used to run the package analysis for Flutter packages
    • the dartdoc version (used in pkg/pub_dartdoc)

Runtime version

The runtimeVersion is an point-in-time identifier that allows us to reference the independently moving dependencies in a predictable way:

  • it follows the semantic version syntax (x.y.z), but:
  • yyyy.MM.dd date format is used to describe the point-in-time, allowing us to compare to versions by using String comparison.

There is no compatibility assumption between versions. It is now used to separate some of the calculated data between different runtimes, reducing the probability of incompatibility issues, and also to provide an easier upgrade path.

Version upgrades

Core dependency changes should have involve a change of the versions.dart file:

  • pana version,
  • tool environment (Dart SDK and Flutter SDK),
  • dartdoc version in pkg/pub_dartdoc,
  • customization changes (e.g. dartdoc template updates).

On each change, the runtimeVersion should be updated. There is a test in versions_test.dart that checks the CHANGELOG.md's latest section whether such update happened, and also checks whether the current versions are mentioned in it.

Some version upgrades doesn't need to modify other files (e.g. Flutter version or dartdoc customization), while others need to be updated at different places (e.g. pana or dartdoc version). The later items need to have a documentation to keep it in-sync with the other places, and also tests that should check the related files.

Cleanup of old/stale data

We've started to track the runtimeVersion that is the earliest (oldest) data we'd like to preserve: gcBeforeRuntimeVersion.

Service processes should check this version, and delete stale data that is generated before the specified version.