[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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