Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] Updating 0.9.x

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

How does boost know where to check what the latest version is?  Will there 
be a central repository of version/download files somewhere?  That would 
be great, IMHO.

Don.

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Matthew McNaney wrote:

> Something I forgot to mention was how you can let people know you have a
> module update.
> 
> Go here:
> http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/updates/calendar/
> 
> There are two files, only one of which is required.
> 
> Open update.txt
> 
> There are three variables using double colons to separate the data
> 
> download
> ---------------
> Put the address of where people can download your latest tarball.
> You can put multiple address here if you like:
> 
> Example
> download::phpwebsite.appstate.edu/updates/calendar/cal.tar.gz
> download::mirror.phpwebsite.com/updates/calendar/cal.tar.gz
> 
> Or if you wanted, you could just enter the address your download page and
> not the tarball itself. It is your choice.
> 
> version
> ------------------
> The latest version of your module. This is what Boost checks to to see if
> the module should be downloaded.
> 
> 
> 
> information
> --------------------
> A web address to your information page. In this example, I just created an
> information file and left it in the same directory. Eventually we will
> probably have separate pages for each module or even different web sites
> for each developer. Who knows. Anyway, link to module information here.
> 
> 
> That is all. You can see how this works by getting CVS and laying it on
> top of RC3 (after using repair and updating boost and core). Click the
> "Check for Update" button next to calendar.
> 
> Later
> Matt
> 
> 
> 
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