rWatcher - Can I suggest that you use a strict versioning numbering system with your modules, and reflect this in zip files as well? I really appreciate your modules, as you would know, but I find it hard to keep track of when I have the latest version. I know some of them such as Tag Albums have version numbers, but even there, there are different versions with the same version number. Just a suggestion.
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I know that's a problem -- I generally don't like to increase the version number, unless I need the upgrader to do something. It seems annoying to make users go through the module upgrade process when the don't need to. Although if there's a major difference, sometimes I'll increase the version number anyway.
undagiga
Joined: 2010-11-26
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Posted: Wed, 2012-09-05 11:28
rWatcher wrote:
I know that's a problem -- I generally don't like to increase the version number, unless I need the upgrader to do something.
I understand your point, but I still think it's confusing. At the least I'd suggest that the zips include in their file name "V3-1", "V3-2", etc so we can see before unpakcing and uploading which is which. But personally I would regard running the upgrader as a minor inconvenience for ensuring that I had the latest version. It's not like I upgrade modules on a daily basis.
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rWatcher
Joined: 2005-09-06
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Posted: Wed, 2012-09-05 17:23
Version numbers in the .zip file names should be do-able, but I'd probably have to find some way to also display that 3-1, 3-2, etc number in the actual module in order for it to be useful.
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When the module went from Version 2 to Version 3.
I know that's a problem -- I generally don't like to increase the version number, unless I need the upgrader to do something. It seems annoying to make users go through the module upgrade process when the don't need to. Although if there's a major difference, sometimes I'll increase the version number anyway.
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I understand your point, but I still think it's confusing. At the least I'd suggest that the zips include in their file name "V3-1", "V3-2", etc so we can see before unpakcing and uploading which is which. But personally I would regard running the upgrader as a minor inconvenience for ensuring that I had the latest version. It's not like I upgrade modules on a daily basis.
U-G
Posts: 722
Version numbers in the .zip file names should be do-able, but I'd probably have to find some way to also display that 3-1, 3-2, etc number in the actual module in order for it to be useful.