Conflict with groupdate gem version

[khelal]

Hi,

I'm trying to update to the latest version of the gem, but can't as there is a hard requirement for groupdate to v2.5.2, while we'on the 5.2.x version.

The version that you're using is over 4 years old (2016-02-16). Any way to update it to a more recent one so that we can upgrade?

[arnaudbesnier]

Hi @khelal, Thanks for the feedback.

I guess it is this contribution that raises the issue: https://github.com/ForestAdmin/forest-rails/pull/354/files

I am wondering why you can't really upgrade, as various versions of the groupdate gem should be able to live together. Not an expert of the Rails / Gems architecture but we implemented the fix above with this idea in mind.

Could you share the error message you get while trying to upgrade to the latest forest_liana gem version, to let us dig into this 🙏 Thanks for your help.

[khelal]

This is the exact error:

Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/.......... Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/. Resolving dependencies..... Bundler could not find compatible versions for gem "groupdate": In snapshot (Gemfile.lock): groupdate (= 5.2.2)

In Gemfile: groupdate (~> 5.2)

forest_liana (~> 6.3.0) was resolved to 6.3.0, which depends on
  groupdate (= 2.5.2)

Running bundle update will rebuild your snapshot from scratch, using only the gems in your Gemfile, which may resolve the conflict.

You should update your code to make sure you have accept a newer version of groupdate.

[arambert]

Hi, I've got the same issue. It's very complicated in a rails app to have multiple versions of the same gem working. IMHO it's not a good idea to keep a dependency on very old version of groupdate as it prevents other apps using up-to-date groupdate from using the forest admin gem.

[arnaudbesnier]

Hi @arambert , the patch is currently under review and should be released next week.

[jeffladiray]

Fixed by #454, so I'm closing this. Don't hesitate if you are still encountering an issue with this 🙏