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shrek
Xoops 2.0.16

  • 2007/12/16 11:18

  • shrek

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My hosting company automatically installed XOOPS 2.0.16 in my account. When I told them that the latest version is 2.0.17.1, they said that the automated updater for the latest version has not been released yet and I should wait for that. They said if they install it manually, I won't be able to receive automated updates manually.

Is this information accurate? Is there anything I should know about using the 2.0.16 (security, patches, etc.)? Thanks.
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kurak_bu
Re: Xoops 2.0.16

  • 2007/12/16 15:41

  • kurak_bu

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Visit:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=41586&package_id=153583#
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shrek
Re: Xoops 2.0.16

  • 2007/12/16 18:24

  • shrek

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are you saying that i should update it myself? my hosting company suggested that i wait for the automated update to come out. the person said if he installs the latest version manually right now it will not work with future automated updates.
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kurak_bu
Re: Xoops 2.0.16

  • 2007/12/16 18:34

  • kurak_bu

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The truth is hosting companies have got plenty of such scripts to track for a new version.
Do it by yourself and dont wait for them, there are many important security updates in 2.0.17&2.0.17.1 and now as you can see there is 2.0.18RC. You should go to 2.0.17.1, and when 2.0.18 become final-update to it.
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charpres
Re: Xoops 2.0.16

  • 2007/12/16 18:52

  • charpres

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If your hosting company is using a script like Fantastico, you will always be way behind in upgrades.

The advantage of fast server-side installs with Fantastico and others is far outweighed by the disavantage of never being closer than about 3-6 months to the latest upgrade.

So, yes the information you received is accurate in that once you take 10 minutes to manually install you will never be able to do a 1 minute automatic install/update. For programs that rely on frequent updates, my response to that would be "So what?"

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