[TYPO3] On diff patches again - comments

[Christopher Torgalson]

Hi,

On 4/4/07, Corrado <support at eeos.biz> wrote:
> Bertalan Fodor wrote:
>
> >
> > For which version would you create the patch?
> > For the simple case of upgrading from 4.0 to 4.1 you would have to
> > create 7 patch files for the different upgrades (like 4.0.2 to 4.1.1).
> >
> > And what if you find that something went wrong on the update and want to
> > go back? With the ln -s method it is again one rm and one ln -s. With
> > diff-s...
> >
> > How could an upgrade be simpler than the two lines of
> > rm typo3_src
> > ln -s typo3_src-4.1.1 typo3_src
> >
> > Bert
>
> Actually, an upgrade would be:
>
> 1) ftp download new version
> 2) ftp upload new version on server
> 3) decompress through ssh
> 4) change ownership on folder (optional) through ssh
> 5) change permissions on folder through ssh
> 6) rm old folder through ssh
> 7) link new folder through ssh
>
> step (1) takes anything up to 3 hours if the operation is successful in many
> places in Africa and in most of other development countries
> step (2) takes anything up to 3 hours  if the operation is successful in
> many places in Africa and in most of other development countries
>
> If that is simple.
>
> finally I a not propsing to abandon the link method, but to add the diff
> method


If you have ssh access, the method you've described above is INSANE.
Step one should take only a minute or two, /because you should be
moving the files directly from server to server/ You don't need the
TYPO3 source on your workstation, so why download it at all? It will
be faster in every normal case to just move the files from sourceforge
to the destination server because servers necessarily have pretty good
connectivity:

cd /directory/where/you/keep/your/t3/src/files
curl -O http://domain.tld/url/to/place/where/t3/file/lives
tar -xzpf new_t3_version.tar.gz
rm typo3_src
ln -s new_t3_version typo3_src

[test new version]

rm -rf old_t3_version

Also, no ownership or permissions changes are required at any time
after initial installation--TYPO3 only needs to be able to write to
directories that are not part of the source distribution. If you find
that ownership and permissions changes are needed, something is quite
strange about your setup or process.

-- 
Christopher Torgalson
http://www.typo3apprentice.com/