[Xerte-dev] Re: testing upgrade

[Pat Lockley]

bugger. I hate evidence.

I don't think anyone will update over the top, so I'd say go back to
guest, and if anyone says "where is my stuff" tell them to change line
x to guest 2

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Julian Tenney
<Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> In the xerte svn, do a view log on website/downloads/xertetoolkits.zip. There are versions going back to April 2010.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: 13 July 2012 10:04
> To: For Xerte technical developers
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: testing upgrade
>
> and i guess we've not got anything prior to 1.7 in the SVN?
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> 1. At some point in demo.txt $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_username'] =
>>>> "guest"; was changed to $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_username'] =
>>>> "guest2"; and the current 1.7 zip download has
>>>> $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_username'] = "guest2";
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
>> Sent: 13 July 2012 09:50
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: testing upgrade
>>
>> what is in the zip on the site?
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>> I'd agree except that more recent versions of xot demo.txt had guest2
>>> so it seems to me that there are less likely to be issues for those
>>> using 1.7 and more recent versions to change the 1.8 code to also use
>> guest2.
>>>
>>> If there's not an easy way to check for this and change what is used
>>> dynamically my suggestion is that we change 1.8 to use guest2 and add
>>> a note somewhere for those using much earlier versions. Especially as
>>> we need a note for earlier versions anyway about running upgrade.php
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat
>>> Lockley
>>> Sent: 13 July 2012 09:34
>>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: testing upgrade
>>>
>>> I can't help much on this as I don't know how the new authentication
>>> works, but guest makes more sense than guest2
>>>
>>> If it was up to me, I'd not want demo.txt users to upgrade really,
>>> think that'll get painful.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Ron Mitchell
>>> <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I tested upgrading some older localhost xampp installations yesterday
>> e.g.
>>>> by dragging 1.8 code over the top of the earlier version and also
>>>> running upgrade.php
>>>>
>>>> As far as tests so far this seems to work fine but I did notice there
>>>> had been a change in demo.txt at some point which could cause
>>>> problems for those upgrading a xampp install. I guess this might be a
>>>> question for Pat and a judgement call as to what to use for the guest
>>>> account
>>> username....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1. At some point in demo.txt $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_username'] =
>>>> "guest"; was changed to $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_username'] =
>>>> "guest2"; and the current 1.7 zip download has
>>>> $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_username'] = "guest2";
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2. The xot1.8 code in /library/Xerte/Authentication/Guest.php sets
>>>> guest as the username e.g.
>>>>
>>>> public function getUsername() {
>>>>
>>>>         return 'guest';
>>>>
>>>>     }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 3. The reason this is relevant is that at the moment if someone
>>>> upgrades a xampp 1.7 install which is using demo.txt code rather than
>>>> switch.txt code they won't see their previous projects. Solution for
>>>> that would be to change Guest.php to use guest2 rather than guest.
>>>> However in older versions and I'm not sure exactly when the username
>>>> in demo.txt was guest rather than guest2 so upgrading these works fine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Questions:
>>>>
>>>> a) Should we change the 1.8 code to use guest2? e.g. will work ok for
>>>> more recent installs and perhaps add a note about changing this for
>>>> older installs
>>>>
>>>> b) Or should we leave 1.8 code as guest and add a note about changing
>>>> this for more recent installs?
>>>>
>>>> c) Or is there a way we can check for in the code and use guest or
>>>> guest2 accordingly?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>>> Ron
>>>>
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