"Frank Millman" <fr...@chagford.com> writes: > ... > It is a simple matter to write a program that updates the database > automatically. The question is, what should trigger such an update? My first > thought is to use a version number - store a version number in the working > directory, and have a matching number in the code. If someone downloads the > latest version, the numbers will no longer match, and I can run the upgrade > program. > > The problem with that is that version numbers are usually reserved for > tagged releases, but this could happen as the result of any commit in the > current development cycle.
I use "data model version number"s for this. They identify the data model version and are idenpendent of any program version number. Such a version number is changed whenever the data model changes (and there is the need for a model upgrade). -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
