[pmwiki-users] Recipes version identification
The Editor
editor at fast.st
Mon Nov 13 13:35:29 CST 2006
On 11/13/06, Hans <design5 at softflow.co.uk> wrote:
> Monday, November 13, 2006, 7:08:11 PM, H. wrote:
>
> > On 10/27/06, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> > > [...] I noted in
> > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wiki.pmwiki.user/34702
> > > that it would be good for recipe authors to start adding lines like
> > >
> > > $RecipeInfo['RecipeName]['Version'] = '20061025';
> > >
> > > to recipes, so that we have a standard mechanism for recipe
> > > checking. Then I'll implement a module that a site can use
> > > to check installed recipes against the latest versions on
> > > pmwiki.org.
>
> He also wrote:
> > The format of the version number string is entirely up to
> > the recipe author -- however, it should correspond to the
> > "Version:" line on the recipe's cookbook page. In other words,
> > the value of {Cookbook.RecipeName$:Version} on pmwiki.org
> > should match what's entered in the array above (this is
> > likely how the automatic tools will determine if a
> > locally installed recipe is up-to-date).
>
> i.e. you are not bound to write '20061113',
> for instance I prefer '2006-11-13' since I can read it easier,
> or you may prefer a serial number.
>
>
> Hans
Thanks for the info Hans! I guess I need to do another upgrade to my recipes!
Cheers,
Caveman
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