kevinv
Friend of XOOPS
Posted on: 2003/12/17 1:05
#1
I thought it would be neat to be able to do installs of modules from the internet via the modules interface or a special module. Perhaps some of the simpler XOOPS updates (like 2.0.5 to 2.0.5.1) could be made available this way too.
The way it would work (in my mind): a module developer would register her/his module with a central repository. The repository would be made available via a RSS feed.
The module interface (or module module
would use the rss feed to show what modules are available. The admin would pick the module to install and via the info in the rss field, go grab it and put it in the proper place and install it.
If an update became available the admin would be notified the next time the module module was used.
The biggest problem I see is that the files would be installed as the same user that the web server runs as. Not sure if it would be possible to prompt for a username/password and chmod after download (really not sure how to fix this under IIS).
Things I would like to see in the module rss feed:
Module Name
Module Version
Module Developer
Module License
Module Description
Module Sample Page
Module Download
Kevin
module to install modules
2003/12/17 1:05 Just had this idea, but I don't have the programming know how to pull it off (nor the time to figure it out at the moment). Thought I would throw this out to anyone who wants to take it up.I thought it would be neat to be able to do installs of modules from the internet via the modules interface or a special module. Perhaps some of the simpler XOOPS updates (like 2.0.5 to 2.0.5.1) could be made available this way too.
The way it would work (in my mind): a module developer would register her/his module with a central repository. The repository would be made available via a RSS feed.
The module interface (or module module

If an update became available the admin would be notified the next time the module module was used.
The biggest problem I see is that the files would be installed as the same user that the web server runs as. Not sure if it would be possible to prompt for a username/password and chmod after download (really not sure how to fix this under IIS).
Things I would like to see in the module rss feed:
Module Name
Module Version
Module Developer
Module License
Module Description
Module Sample Page
Module Download
Kevin