Re: (no subject)

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

ra...@si... wrote:

> 
>   Has there ever been a consideration of releasing Webmin updates as a
> patch for sites where Webmin was installed a a package?  Using the
> "Update" selection effectivly installs a new tarball, and then transfers
> the older configuration to the new, leaving around the old installation
> (unless, of course, they choose to remove the old version, but that could
> make havoc of the installed package).


Someone else suggested that to me recently as well - instead of upgrading your
entire webmin install, you could just install updates to bring your install
up to the most recent version. Sort of like how Debian does things in a way ..

Currently this isn't possible because updates can only effect modules, not
the core code. Also, there would have to be two sets of updates - one for
bug fixes and one for new features, just like Debian's 'stable' and 'unstable'
branches. However, I might implement it for some future versions of webmin ..

  - Jamie