2 Feb
2011
2 Feb
'11
1:54 p.m.
Hi all
I've played a little bit with javascript and hacked notifications about
newer version available on phpMyAdmin main page. It is asynchronous so
it should not block page loading and if the request is blocked for
whatever reason, nothing happens. Patch is attached.
Such feature is quite common for web applications, however I'm still not
sure if we want to introduce such thing on main page. Opinions?
PS: We already have check in setup, but it requires server side access
to download from remote sites what is often prohibited. And nobody
visits setup after the application is installed.
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Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com
2 Feb
2 Feb
3:26 p.m.
Michal Čihař a écrit :
Hi all
I've played a little bit with javascript and hacked notifications about
newer version available on phpMyAdmin main page. It is asynchronous so
it should not block page loading and if the request is blocked for
whatever reason, nothing happens. Patch is attached.
Such feature is quite common for web applications, however I'm still not
sure if we want to introduce such thing on main page. Opinions?
PS: We already have check in setup, but it requires server side access
to download from remote sites what is often prohibited. And nobody
visits setup after the application is installed.
Hi Michal,
I welcome this idea, especially if it's asynchronous; but the patch
fails to apply on current master.
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Marc Delisle
http://infomarc.info
4:34 p.m.
Hi
Dne Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:26:14 -0500
Marc Delisle <marc(a)infomarc.info> napsal(a):
I welcome this idea, especially if it's
asynchronous; but the patch
fails to apply on current master.
I probably changed some context meanwhile, but as there does not seem
to be anybody against it, I'll merge it.
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Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com
3:27 p.m.
2011/2/2 Michal Čihař <michal(a)cihar.com>om>:
Hi all
I've played a little bit with javascript and hacked notifications about
newer version available on phpMyAdmin main page. It is asynchronous so
it should not block page loading and if the request is blocked for
whatever reason, nothing happens. Patch is attached.
Such feature is quite common for web applications, however I'm still not
sure if we want to introduce such thing on main page. Opinions?
PS: We already have check in setup, but it requires server side access
to download from remote sites what is often prohibited. And nobody
visits setup after the application is installed.
It would be nice to have such a feature, but there must be a
configuration option allowing to disable version check - it's ok for
personal use, will become annoying for shared hosting installations,
also some people may not like PMA calling home.
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Piotr Przybylski
3:58 p.m.
Piotr Przybylski a écrit :
2011/2/2 Michal Čihař <michal(a)cihar.com>om>:
Good point Piotr.
Also if someone is told to upgrade from his 2.11.x to 3.x and his server
does not have the appropriate minimum PHP and MySQL versions, the
message should be worded accordingly.
--
Marc Delisle
http://infomarc.info
Hi all
I've played a little bit with javascript and hacked notifications about
newer version available on phpMyAdmin main page. It is asynchronous so
it should not block page loading and if the request is blocked for
whatever reason, nothing happens. Patch is attached.
Such feature is quite common for web applications, however I'm still not
sure if we want to introduce such thing on main page. Opinions?
PS: We already have check in setup, but it requires server side access
to download from remote sites what is often prohibited. And nobody
visits setup after the application is installed.
It would be nice to have such a feature, but there must be a
configuration option allowing to disable version check - it's ok for
personal use, will become annoying for shared hosting installations,
also some people may not like PMA calling home.
4:19 p.m.
Hi
Dne Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:58:47 -0500
Marc Delisle <marc(a)infomarc.info> napsal(a):
> It would be nice to have such a feature, but
there must be a
> configuration option allowing to disable version check - it's ok for
> personal use, will become annoying for shared hosting installations,
> also some people may not like PMA calling home.
Indeed, I was thinking about it as well.
Also if someone is told to upgrade from his 2.11.x to
3.x and his server
does not have the appropriate minimum PHP and MySQL versions, the
message should be worded accordingly.
I'm by no means going to put this patch to 2.11 branch, so this would
never happen. Should there ever be so drastic change in requirements in
future, it might be problem, but I don't expect it right now.
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Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com
5 Feb
5 Feb
12:29 p.m.
On Wednesday 02 February 2011 14:19:37 Michal Čihař wrote:
Dne Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:58:47 -0500
Marc Delisle <marc(a)infomarc.info> napsal(a):
And distributions packaging phpmyadmin would probably want to disable the
check in the default configuration.
Thijs
> It would be nice to have such a feature, but
there must be a
> configuration option allowing to disable version check - it's ok for
> personal use, will become annoying for shared hosting installations,
> also some people may not like PMA calling home.
Indeed, I was thinking about it as well.
7:29 p.m.
Hi
Dne Sat, 5 Feb 2011 10:29:03 +0100
Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs(a)debian.org> napsal(a):
On Wednesday 02 February 2011 14:19:37 Michal Čihař
wrote:
Yes, it's also part of vendor configuration file.
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Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://phpmyadmin.cz
Dne Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:58:47 -0500
Marc Delisle <marc(a)infomarc.info> napsal(a):
And distributions packaging phpmyadmin would probably want to disable the
check in the default configuration. > It would be nice to have such a feature, but
there must be a
> configuration option allowing to disable version check - it's ok for
> personal use, will become annoying for shared hosting installations,
> also some people may not like PMA calling home.
Indeed, I was thinking about it as well. 
2 Feb
2 Feb
3:28 p.m.
Hi,
2011/2/2 Michal Čihař <michal(a)cihar.com>om>:
Hi all
I've played a little bit with javascript and hacked notifications about
newer version available on phpMyAdmin main page. It is asynchronous so
it should not block page loading and if the request is blocked for
whatever reason, nothing happens. Patch is attached.
Such feature is quite common for web applications, however I'm still not
sure if we want to introduce such thing on main page. Opinions?
I think it's a good idea to have such a feature. If there is a new
version, at least you will be notified (if you're not subcribed to
phpmyadmin-users mailinglist, or following the news-feed).
It can be useful to only show it to an admin, i.e. the person how is
able to upgrade the application, but that would be difficult to find
out, as the mysql_users table doesn't give that kind of info.
BTW: Will you distinguish between major/minor versions? I mean, if you
are running 2.11.* will you only get notified of the newest 2.11.*
release, or will it show 3.3.9?
PS: We already have check in setup, but it requires
server side access
to download from remote sites what is often prohibited. And nobody
visits setup after the application is installed.
True.
Most people only visit it one time, not even when doing an upgrade.
But when you're already doing an upgrade, you probably know there is a
newer version.
4:24 p.m.
Hi
Dne Wed, 2 Feb 2011 13:28:40 +0100
Dieter Adriaenssens <dieter.adriaenssens(a)gmail.com> napsal(a):
It can be useful to only show it to an admin, i.e. the
person how is
able to upgrade the application, but that would be difficult to find
out, as the mysql_users table doesn't give that kind of info.
Exactly, I don't see way to figure it out.
BTW: Will you distinguish between major/minor
versions? I mean, if you
are running 2.11.* will you only get notified of the newest 2.11.*
release, or will it show 3.3.9?
It will currently show 3.3.9. Anyway we want people to upgrade if
possible, so I don't think it makes sense to filter versions somehow.
Nobody knows what will be 4.x if we will ever get to the point calling
something 4.x.
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Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com
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