[Vtigercrm-developers] Forge structure

[S R C V Varma Namburi]

Hi Alan,

forge.vtiger.com will be there for future. We will be updating the developer
lists before any changes to the forge site.

Right now there is self signed certificate https for forge.vtiger.com.



On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Alan Lord (News) <alanslists at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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Thanks & Regards,
Varma.
VtigerTeam.
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