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I second that, you should be able to easily fetch the source of the library version you are using. Why on earth do you need the "ultimate bleeding edge version" of the library? It just adds potential entropy to the project..

jlemos
– jlemos

2012-02-29 17:11:37 +00:00
Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 17:11
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I agree only partly. IMHO it depends on the development policy for the lib. If the lib is under active development of a second team, you are 100% right. If the lib can be changed by anyone of the current team AND if the policy is that the lib should be kept backwards compatible in any way, then using the always the newest version helps to identify integration problems more early, which is a good thing.

Doc Brown
– Doc Brown

2012-02-29 17:54:20 +00:00
Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 17:54
Doc Brown - I agree. My answer was based on the fact that the question was phrased such that the only reason for requiring the get & compile was so that developers could read the source code.

17 of 26
– 17 of 26

2012-02-29 18:49:04 +00:00
Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 18:49

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