Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] RC3 Close

[Don S. <do...@se...>]

Rock on.

How is the situation as far as module stability, from a module author 
point-of-view?  Is it safe for me to being writing for RC3, or will 
interfaces/hooks/plugins be changed that will shoot it all to hell?

Thanks,
Don.

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Matthew McNaney wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I have been testing the new version of phpWebSite. The plan is to enable
> updating from this point on. It needs more testing before ready.
> 
> Here's the thing. I changed Boost. It has a new table that it uses to
> update modules and the core. Can you guess the side effect? To update RC2,
> you need that table. Without the table, boost can't help you and boost
> updates boost. Still following me?
> 
> So after fiddling around with it, I think the best thing to do would be to
> ship a crutch file with RC3 (probably just a DB dump). I could (and have
> in testing) written boost to kludge around its absence but that would be a
> bunch of sloppy code that would never be used after final release anyway.
> 
> So this next version should install as normal and be ready to update.
> However, with a few helpers, you should also be able to update RC2 just so
> you can see how it will work in the future.
> 
> Tonight's CVS may be a little shakey but should be better in the morning.
> 
> More tomorrow.
> Matt
> 
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