Remove requirement to have a certain version of loopback packages

Author: nflaig

README.md

@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ compared to the database version.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-Some dependencies need to have at least a certain version
+Some dependencies need to be installed as peer dependencies
 
 ```sh
-@loopback/core >=2.8.0
-@loopback/repository >=2.5.0
+@loopback/boot
+@loopback/context
+@loopback/core
+@loopback/repository
 ```
 
 and the application needs to have the `RepositoryMixin` applied and to automatically discover the

package-lock.json

@@ -62,19 +62,19 @@
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@loopback/boot": "*",
     "@loopback/context": "*",
-    "@loopback/core": ">=2.8.0",
-    "@loopback/repository": ">=2.5.0"
+    "@loopback/core": "*",
+    "@loopback/repository": "*"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "compare-versions": "^3.6.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@loopback/boot": "2.3.2",
+    "@loopback/boot": "1.x.x",
     "@loopback/build": "6.1.0",
-    "@loopback/context": "3.8.2",
-    "@loopback/core": "2.9.1",
+    "@loopback/context": "1.x.x",
+    "@loopback/core": "1.x.x",
     "@loopback/eslint-config": "8.0.3",
-    "@loopback/repository": "2.9.0",
+    "@loopback/repository": "1.x.x",
     "@loopback/testlab": "3.2.0",
     "@types/node": "14.0.23",
     "coveralls": "3.1.0",

package.json

@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ describe("MigrationComponent (unit)", () => {
         it("should set all artifacts correctly", async () => {
             expect(migrationComponent.models).to.deepEqual([Migration]);
             expect(migrationComponent.repositories).to.deepEqual([MigrationRepository]);
-            expect(migrationComponent.services).to.deepEqual([MigrationService]);
             expect(migrationComponent.lifeCycleObservers).to.deepEqual([MigrationObserver]);
             expect(migrationComponent.booters).to.deepEqual([MigrationBooter]);
+            expect(migrationComponent.bindings[0].key).to.equal(
+                `services.${MigrationService.name}`
+            );
         });
     });
 });

src/__tests__/unit/component.unit.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, bind, ContextTags } from "@loopback/core";
+import { Component, bind, ContextTags, createServiceBinding } from "@loopback/core";
 import { Migration } from "./models";
 import { MigrationObserver } from "./observers";
 import { MigrationRepository } from "./repositories";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { MigrationBooter } from "./booters";
 export class MigrationComponent implements Component {
     models = [Migration];
     repositories = [MigrationRepository];
-    services = [MigrationService];
     lifeCycleObservers = [MigrationObserver];
     booters = [MigrationBooter];
+    bindings = [createServiceBinding(MigrationService)];
 }