Cloph - Thoughts?
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:22 AM, Robinson Tryon <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > We've chatted a bit about some of the shortcomings of the updater > lately, and I've come up with a couple of suggestions for improving > not only the updater, but parts of our build system and bug tracker as > well. > > 1) Problem: It's hard to add new build hashes to the updater > > The updater mixes code and data in a single file, making it a bit > tricky to add new build hashes. > > Suggestion: Factor-out the data from the updater and store it in a > database[1]. > > > 2) Problem: Build hashes don't automatically get entered into the updater > > Suggestion: Tweak the build process (perhaps during the upload step) > so that the build hash is fed into the updater database automatically. > > > 3) Problem: We have to manually update various websites whenever the > current stable and latest versions change. For example: > > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:25 AM, Christian Lohmaier > <[email protected]> wrote: >> 4.0 version has reached end-of-life, i.e. no fixes will be provided by >> TDF anymore. >> >> If your site has links to 4.0 downloads, please consider changing that >> to something else...We'd like to remove that version from the >> mirrornetwork soon...So in order to avoid [problems], please >> update your nl-website. > > Suggestion: Keep track of the current stable and latest version in the > updater db. Create some code snippets that can be reused by various NL > sites, templates on the wiki, etc... so that they always display the > right info. > > > 4) Problem: The BSA needs to know the list of currently-supported > versions of LibreOffice > > Suggestion: This information could be easily added to/queried from the > updater database. > > --- > > So to sum up, my suggestion is that we store version information in a > database such that it can be > - Updated by the official build/upload process > - Updated by the person(s) who picks the 'stable' build > - Queried by the BSA > - Queried by various websites that need the information > > Did I forget anything? > > Cheers, > --R > > [1] Any database is fine, as long as it's not the one that the wikis > lock up each night... :P _______________________________________________ List Name: Libreoffice-qa mailing list Mail address: [email protected] Change settings: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-qa Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-qa/
