[development] RFC: letting modules phone home to check for new releases

[Johan Forngren]

I don't like iframes either, but it is a lot simpler to set up than xml-rpc.
Allthough, I would prefer a xmlrpc solution, or both.

On 11/20/06, Corey Bordelon <corey.bordelon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It looks like with the suggestions for XML-RPC calls would allow the
> modulecheck to be run with the cron hook. That way, everytime an admin looks
> at their modules page, it wouldn't be a call to drupal.org, like an iframe
> would.  Also, I'm not crazy about iframes, but I could in be a minority on
> that point.
>
> On 11/19/06, Arnab Nandi < arnab at arnab.org> wrote:
> >
> > What about simply having an iframe to
> > https://drupal.org/modulecheck/modulename, which returns a "You're
> > running the latest version" normally, or a button saying "click here
> > to upgrade" otherwise. The button essentially pionts to the changelog
> > / install notes. (later, the button can point to the installer which
> > autoupgrades stuff).
> >
> > -Arnab
> >
> > On 11/19/06, Bèr Kessels <ber at webschuur.com> wrote:
> > > Op zaterdag 18 november 2006 18:41, schreef Karoly Negyesi:
> > > > In overall this solution is not enough because you many modules but
> > by far
> > > > not all from contribs, so neither a per module feed or an eat-it-all
> > feed
> > > > won't suffice. So definitely we need more code in project.
> > >
> > > I never said it would be enough. All I  said is that, instead of
> > talking for
> > > ages here about that utopian solution, then get into developing some
> > whole
> > > new release-pushing-xmlrpc-system, we can offer a default RSS feed
> > with block
> > > NOW.
> > >
> > > As in: now. Not something in some future after some unknown
> > development cycle.
> > >
> > > Bèr
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> >
> >
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> >
>
>


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