RE: Re: [zzoss-devel] package groups (was: installer: description of package.xml)

[Christian Z. <chr...@zz...>]

here the final rfc before i start the implementation...

a) groups

a group is an alias for a default baseinstalldir. the groups are defined in=
 config.xml. the paths are relative to application root.

<groups>
 <group name=3D"libraries" baseinstalldir=3D"./lib/"/>
 <group name=3D"modules" baseinstalldir=3D"./modules/"/>
 <group name=3D"root" baseinstalldir=3D"./"/>
 <group name=3D"default" baseinstalldir=3D"./modules/"/>
</groups>


b) ways of defining a path / file

<file baseinstalldir=3D"." name=3D"test.php"/> or=20
<file name=3D"test.php"/> are equal and will copy "test.php" to "<applicati=
on-root>/test.php"

<file group=3D"modules" baseinstalldir=3D"test" name=3D"test.php"/>
will copy test.php to "<application-root>/modules/test/test.php"

the complete path is composed of

<resolving of group> + baseinstalldir + name=20
or
<resolving of group> + baseinstalldir + save-as   (if save-as attribute is =
used)

if no group is specified in file tag, the group "default" will be used. (fo=
r applications with just one group).=20


c) copying files from one package to another

> How should we handle modules that want to move one of their files into an=
other=20
> module?

since we define all necessary information for the complete path, this will =
be no problem.

e.g. the following package will copy a new connector to "zzoss_connectors"

<!-- package.xml of new package -->
...
<file group=3D"libraries" baseinstalldir=3D"ZZOSS_Connectors/connectors/" n=
ame=3D"pear.php"/>
...
<!-- end of package.xml of new package -->

this will copy pear.php from the source module to
<application-root>/lib/ZZOSS_Connectors/connectors/pear.php

christian

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