Hi Brian, Nice work till now. See my comments inline.
Greetings Kaloyan On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 08:28 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The installer got a few more features done (more on the backend than > the > front end) which could use some testing. I accidentally committed an > active > status file, so you may need to hit the "start over" button before you > try > it out. > > We need a better written introduction for Step 1. Since I am not a > decent > writer, somebody with some skill in this department please step up to > the > plate. The introduction does not need to drone on about the specifics > of > the installer, but rather it is just something to say to lead into > the > steps. A couple short paragraphs should be sufficient. It is not a problem to have the text when the installer is ready. I see it something similar to the Introduction page of the current installer. > In the database fields on Step 3, please try what you can to feed in > bad > data. The rules on acceptible inputs are pretty strict, and enforced > by > regular expression tests defined in the action_list. If the regexes > are too > strict, let me know where they need to be loosened up and I will get > on it. If I put care2x-php5 for db name, it is not accepted. The problem is the dash "-" char. Such names should be accepted. If I put in db name not existing table, I am informed that the ADO driver cannot establish connection. In such case the installer should create the database for the user. Default db port 10061 seems to me quite strange. Why this number? By the way, it seems to me that the value of this field is not considered at all when probing the db connection. > Tomorrow I'll get started on the db testing and confirmation. > > > Kaloyan asked about an upgrade ability to go along with the installer. > I > cannot commit to this yet because I have not successfully installed > the > application to begin with. What would be helpful in my planning stage > for > something like this is some testimonies from developers about > previous > version changes. > > For instance: what things typically change? Some things are db > tables, how > often do they get added and removed and adjusted? What data needs to > be > preserved and what needs to be overwritten? This is a big big thing > and can > easily take weeks to stabilize. I am keeping in the front of my mind > though. What I have observed for the last year is that database scheme changes from version to version are minor. It is mainly that files changes. However, you know Lakshmi is reviewing the database abstraction and this could involve significant changes of the type in columns of the db tables. > > > Thank you, > -- Brian Zab ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Care2002-developers mailing list Care2002-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers
