Publish a hex package with a dependent RC package version

chazsconi · July 3, 2017, 8:54pm

I want to publish my hex package which I want to work with Phoenix 1.3-rc and also Phoenix 1.2.

I have in my deps:

{:phoenix, "~> 1.2.0-rc"}

However, when I try to publish the package I get the following error:

** (Mix) A stable package release cannot have a pre-release dependency.

I think it must be possible as I see that this phoenix-slime has achieved this and published it as version 0.9.0

github.com

slime-lang/phoenix_slime/blob/master/mix.exs#L23


    version: @version
  ]
end


def application do
  [applications: [:phoenix, :slime]]
end


def deps do
  [
    {:phoenix, "~> 1.4"},
    {:phoenix_html, "~> 2.10"},
    {:jason, "~> 1.0", optional: true},
    {:slime, "~> 1.0"},
    {:ex_doc, ">= 0.0.0", only: :dev},
    {:earmark, ">= 0.0.0", only: :dev}
  ]
end


defp package do
  [

wojtekmach · July 3, 2017, 9:20pm

The constraint that stable packages cannot depend on non-stable dependencies is a somewhat new addition to Hex client, phoenix_slime must have been published before the change took place.

You can see the rationale behind the change in [1] (and associated issue). You’d need to publish your package as unstable.

[1] https://github.com/hexpm/hex/pull/333

chazsconi · July 3, 2017, 10:03pm

Thanks @wojtekmach. I will publish a stable version of my package for Phoenix 1.2 and an unstable one for Phoenix 1.3-rc