[Vtigercrm-developers] Forge structure

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 14/04/10 08:09, Prasad wrote:
> Hi Alan,
>
> We are interested in learning about the auto updates for the extension.
> You can give it a try.

Thanks. So the forge ssh and project's web directory are staying for the 
foreseeable future then? The problem is if this facility goes away, we 
need prior notice so we can issue an update and point the next version 
at a new location *before* we move it.

One "feature" which would be very helpful is support for https. Without 
it (currently https is redirected to Trac by the looks of it) we have to 
digitally sign the manifest file and each update notice. Whilst this is 
not hard to do, the app Mozilla provide (McCoy: 
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/McCoy) is really only suitable for a 
single user and needs to be in a fairly secure and controlled location.

So any chance of https to project home directories? Which in this 
instance is: http://vttb3.forge.vtiger.com/

Cheers

Al


>
> Keep us posted.
>
> Regards,
> Prasad
>
> On 4/14/10, *Alan Lord (News)*
> <alanslists at gmail.com
> <mailto:alanslists at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     Can someone from vtiger just comment on something please?
>
>     I am considering adding automatic updates to the Thunderbird 3
>     extension.
>
>     The way the Mozilla code deals with auto-updates
>     (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Extension_Versioning,_Update_and_Compatibility#Automatic_Add-on_Update_Checking)
>     means we need a little more control of the destination URL that the
>     extension checks than is available through the regular forge or CRM
>     Extension web interfaces.
>
>     Fortunately, ssh access to forge project accounts and their web
>     (htdocs/) directory appear to be about perfect.
>
>     So, I want to check that there are no plans to remove or change this
>     facility in the near future and that it is OK to use for this purpose?
>
>        From my initial readings, it appears as though we'll will only
>     need to
>     store a single XML file which gets updated with each release at this
>     location. We can point to *any* URL to retrieve the actual upgraded
>     extension file with each update.
>
>     Cheers
>
>     Al
>
>
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