I have a question reagrding (python) node development.
The question is towards the versioning of packages that e.g. are available in conda.
E.g. there is a version of “knime-extension“ with tag “main” which appears to have version 5.6.0. Is this version escpecially for KNIME Application Platform 5.6.0? (which has not yet officially been released?) or is the version just called like this?
Same goes for “Create a New Python based KNIME Extension“ which can be found here.
It is a bit confusing when trying to figure out which version to use for development. I can see why you might want to publish version like 5.6.0 but IF it reflects the KAP version than please tag it with “nightly” or “under development”. Especially since it was not even anounced yet.
Note: we are just cautious when using newer versions since they might not be stable yet or may not support older versions.
If the versioning of the packages really just happens to be very close to the KAP versions I am just happy to know…
The knime-extension package version matches the version of the “Python Extension Development” feature. It provides the API of that release for editor auto-completion. 5.6 was the first release of our new shortened release cycle, as described in KNIME Analytics Platform Now Releases Every 6 Weeks .
Currently, all our conda packages follow the “KNIME Analytics Platform” release versions (or lag behind if nothing changed). So you should use the package versions that matches your Analytics Platform version (latest patch if available).
Since we’ve switched to a shorter release cycle, we’re also looking into adjusting the versioning scheme to avoid unnecessary bumps. Updates on this will follow soon.
