[drupal-devel] [feature] No obvious way to tell which release a site is running

[chx]

Issue status update for http://drupal.org/node/20439

 Project:      Drupal
 Version:      cvs
 Component:    other
 Category:     feature requests
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  Chris Johnson
 Reported by:  Chris Johnson
 Updated by:   chx
 Status:       patch

biiiig +1




chx



Previous comments:
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April 13, 2005 - 17:31 : Chris Johnson

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/releasename_core.patch (32.8 KB)

There's no easy way for a site administrator to tell which version of
Drupal software his site is running.  This is particularly a problem
when an administrator manages multiple sites at multiple hosts.  The
problem becomes even more exacerbated when the same admin only has
limited time to update the software on sites, resulting in confusion as
to just what version is running where.


While there are a lot of technical solutions to this problem, some of
which I'd like to implement, this patch is the simplest and least
invasive.  It simply adds the CVS release tag name to each file which
can take such a tag.  An admin can thus look in any file and see which
release it is.


This patch is for the core files.


A similar one will be added to a separate issue for contrib files.




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April 13, 2005 - 17:40 : mathias

This make a lot sense. +1


Let's also output the release tag name somewhere in the Drupal admin
section. Maybe on admin/settings?




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April 13, 2005 - 19:03 : Chris Johnson

Yes, I'd like to add some panel to admin that would show the admin which
version of the software he was running, as well as which version of the
database (update number) he was running.  There might be a few other
bits that could be added to such a display that would make life so much
easier for the harried admin trying to manage many sites and projects.


I'm willing to code it.  Just need to get a little buy-in and agreement
on features from those who decide what goes in core.




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April 13, 2005 - 19:11 : kbahey

+1 for this patch. It does not solve everything, but is sorely needed.


Dries, I think this should go in 4.6 before its release too.


As for the visibility to the admin, I suggest that each module would
have a version attached to it. This version can be the Build Tag/Name,
and a date where the tar ball was packaged. Under admin -> modules,
each module has this info listed next to it.


Adding the date avoids the problem of retagging in contrib, updates to
an existing branch, ...etc. which were discussed in an earlier thread.


If we extend this to the scheme files, it would be easier to track
changes needed to the database from one release to the next too.