Dev branch (with 8.3.4) cannot be installed with composer. about reservoir HOT 4 CLOSED

Hm, so #6 is causing problems it seems. I don't see how 8877295 (which updated us from 8.3.3 to 8.3.4) could be causing this?

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@wimleers,

Acquia Lightning had a similar conversation around this and decided against using drupal-core-strict. This was partially because of the issues we are seeing here. Please see https://github.com/acquia/lightning/issues/391.

I think the Lightning decision makes a lot of sense. It really should be Drupal core's job to lock their composer library to specific version constraints if they need to. Trying to use this other system could (as in this case?) cause a lot of headaches around what's getting installed.

I don't want you to think I'm telling you what to do. :) I thought the Lightning discussion might be helpful. The team hasn't ignored the concern, they've chosen to address it in another way.

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@damontgomery Looking at the output you posted, I think this is just because of your lock file. "locked at 3.1.0":

Installation request for zendframework/zend-stdlib (locked at 3.1.0)

Running composer require acquia/reservoir:dev-8.x-1.x will only be successful if none of the other dependency requirements change. Can you add --no-update to the require command, then run composer update? Or delete your lock file entirely to troubleshoot.

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Local Install

👍 I was able to run a new install with the composer.json listed above pointing at dev.

Maybe this (edb9cbc) fixed the issue for a new install. Maybe I was doing something wrong before. :(

Update

👍 I was able to update an existing site with

# Add the dependency to composer.json without installing.
composer require acquia/reservoir:dev-8.x-1.x --no-update

# Update EVERYTHING.
composer update

This is what Adam was recommending. I usually like to just update the specific package, but that's not always possible. Updating just one with composer update acquia/reservoir reduces the risk that tons of unexpected module / package changes are occurring.

I think we can close this. I'd still recommend removing that lock system because it might make the updates more difficult going forward, but I can understand both opinions.

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