[kepler-dev] [Bug 5232] New: unable to open KARs saved on mac on trunk by other OSes

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5232

           Summary: unable to open KARs saved on mac on trunk by other
                    OSes
           Product: Kepler
           Version: 2.1.0
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: berkley at nceas.ucsb.edu
        ReportedBy: barseghian at nceas.ucsb.edu
         QAContact: kepler-dev at kepler-project.org
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


This isn't an issue in 2.1, since apple-extensions is loaded by all OSes in
2.1, but on trunk apple-extensions is now only loaded by macs. Because of this,
KARs saved on a mac on trunk cannot be opened by linux or windows trunk -- the
module-dependency checking code requires apple-extensions to be present first.

On a related note, a user emailed me a kar that used 3rd party modules today,
and I can't open it through normal means because Kepler wants these module
dependencies satisfied first.

The best solution isn't clear to me yet, an additional strictness level, that
doesn't require module dependencies be satisfied to attempt to open the kar? Or
it may be more streamlined to simply warn and offer to attempt to open without
the module dependencies satisfied on each relevant open attempt.

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