Ed Leafe wrote: > I've just committed the result of some work I've been doing for the > past week or two: implementing auto-update over the web for the Dabo > framework. This is not a replacement for Subversion; rather, it is a > more controlled and fine-grained release mechanism. > > When Paul or I feel that recent changes are fairly settled, we will > have the ability to mark that as a 'release'. This is actually more > akin to a "build number" than a point-style release system; the build > number will be the version number from Subversion (currently 3233). > During active development, when things may be in a more fragile > state, developers on Subversion will get these changes, but those > using auto-update will not. When the kinks are worked out of the > active development, we can mark that version as 'current' for auto- > update, and everyone can then get it. > > I don't recommend using both auto-update and Subversion right now, > since the updates from one may confuse the other. But if you'd like > to test this out, you need to grab a copy of the framework from (at > least) version 3233, and then run any Dabo app. Open a command > window, and type: > > dabo.dAppRef._setAutoUpdate(self, True, interval=0) > > This will turn on the auto-update checking every time you run a Dabo > app. The 'interval' parameter is in minutes, so setting that to 60 > will only check if the last check was more than an hour ago. Setting > the interval to zero means check every time. > > I expect lots of rough edges, as I've worked on this in between > several other projects, so please, if you do run into problems, > please let me know here on the dev list. If things look good, we can > have a new full release so that everyone can grab that, and make auto- > update available to all. >
Sorry, but i do not like this at all. Maybe it would be possible to NOT make it a standard dabo feature and instead make it a additional feature? This is sort of microshit (i can crack your box and you won't know about this). No - i never would like a autoupdate feature. Uwe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-dev This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/dabo-dev/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
