Deprecate 'executable_alias' in favor for package inheritance

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Deprecate 'executable_alias' in favor for package inheritance #5

Closed Byron closed 10 years ago

Byron commented 10 years ago

It should be possible to inherit all settings from a parent package, but override individual properties on demand.

Currently overrides only work if you keep package name similar, and make use of the standard yaml inheritance/override system.

It's ok, but is inconvenient for testing purposes or when variations are needed. Treat this issue critically to check if it actually is just a minor issue.

Byron commented 10 years ago

Instead of introducing yet another way of planting overrides, I should better leave it the way it is. The following improvements were made:

'executable_alias' is now named 'alias'
delegates are looked up in order: root package, alias package, all required packages (breadth first). This fixes a common source of errors and makes it so much better already. If needed, more information can be pulled from the alias package at some point, but no I see no such need.