why? We only need to check if the app version is less then the current web2py version and eventually display a link that gives the admin the option to install the latest version of the app.
Are you thinking of something different? On Dec 3, 11:23 am, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Dec 3, 2009, at 9:18 AM, mdipierro wrote: > > > It could be even simpler like keep a copy of the VERSION file into > > each of the basic apps. > > What would be in the file? It'd have to be more than the version number and > timestamp. > > > > > On Dec 3, 11:12 am, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> On Dec 3, 2009, at 9:06 AM, salingrosso wrote: > > >>> We can make it a link of the side-bar that is alway there to remind us > >>> that we have an option to upgrade apps if we have not done so. It > >>> would be non-intrusive. The actual popup to point us to the link would > >>> appear only once. > > >>> I think this is the best solution. > > >> If the standard apps had a supplementary signature file with, say, MD5 > >> hashes of all the sources, we could detect whether there had been > >> modifications and act accordingly. > > >> Note also that the current scheme (--upgrade) is all or nothing, but it's > >> not likely that a developer would be modifying all three of the standard > >> apps. > > >> (Me, I use my upgrade script that automatically snapshots the old version > >> before overwriting it.) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
