[ php-blog-Bugs-2992079 ] make s9y friendlier for downstream

Bugs item #2992079, was opened at 2010-04-25 21:11
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Category: Installer/Upgrader
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: J.M. Roth (jmroth)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: make s9y friendlier for downstream

Initial Comment:
When packaging this application it 
- may be a policy not to write to /usr/share/...: which is what the native installer/upgrader does in order to write the installed version number,
- is difficult to introduce 'multi-site' behavior: according to existing instructions files would need to be installed for each user wishing to use the application.

Most problems could be alleviated by storing the currently installed version number in the database instead of some file (which the webserver user (think of suexec etc.) might not be able to modify anyhow).

Like this, the native upgrade procedure (maybe even install) could be used (simplifying the packaging) as well as easy multi-site behavior would be possible at no additional cost: each DB/site would carry its own version number, which would be automatically updated if a new release is installed in the central location. The current version number of the installed files would be available from serendipity_config.inc.php and could be compared to the version in the DB.

So my proposal: why not store actual version number in database?

(PS: Yes it is true that one might to introduce some more patches to customize the compiled template and uploads directory path and such.)

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