Part 3: Replace references to ml5 0.4.3 library version with @latest

[bomanimc]

This is the first part of a 3 step process to switch the examples from using a specific library version numbers:

• 1/3: Update ml5 reference script to use @latest (into development branch)
• 2/3: Merge changes from development to release
• 3/3: Replace references to ml5 0.4.3 library version with @latest

If we keep this repo (see discussion), maybe we can think of a better way to coordinate changes to the release and development branch!

Context

Approach:

• Replace all references to the specific ml5 version on imports in the ml5-examples and ml5-boilerplate library with @latest. Delete scripts for updating version numbers in the files.

Pros:

• Simplest approach for handling the ml5-example repo and ml5-boilerplate repo while also allowing them to remain separate. Overall, this is probably the least disruptive change to the current workflow.

Cons:

• May cause some confusion about which version of the library is being used
• If you make a sketch that specifies @latest and then come back to it a year or so later, it’s possible that there could have been breaking changes to the library that would break the script.

[joeyklee]

This is great. I think since we now include the version number in ml5, it will help us to debug in case people have questions.

We should keep in mind for later that having specific version numbers ensures that the library won't make breaking changes later, but for now, let's go with pruning out the devOps complexity in favor of maintainability.

Thank you!

[joeyklee]

Merging this in now! Many thanks!

[bomanimc]

I forgot to check to see how different the development and release branches, so Part 2 of this series will happen when the development branch gets merged into the release branch (presumably during the next time that the core library is released). The risk is that someone runs the update-ml5-references script on the release branch and it switches everything back to 0.4.3, but that seems unlikely since the release branch is seemingly handled in a special way.

I think we should be good to go on this series!

[joeyklee]

Perfecto! 🙌