Jorgen Bodde wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to provide my users the ability to download a repository from > the web, and after that check for updates. I thought of a mechanism > that could do that, but since there is patch and diff readily > available I wondered if there is a python solution that allows me to > download a file, and let the patch be applied locally. In the patch > there are binaries and sources I am not sure if patch can handle them > both though. > > So here are the situations; > > Downloading > 1. User enters URL and local path where to store > 2. Updated downloads the file > 3. Either creates a new repository or patches an existing one > > Check for updates > 1. A web check is done if there is a newer version > 2. File is downloaded, patch is applied > > Plain zip file extraction is possible, but I will miss out on files > that might be deleted in future versions, but not yet on the client > side. Also local changes might need to be preserved although it is not > a show stopper if it doesn't. > > I want to have a solution that is very easy for the user, so point and > click kind of work. Is there a tool / library around that can provide > me a base for this problem?
Subversion. With it's python-libs of course. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
