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Updater roadmap

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Description

Updater 1.1
  • improve documentation and what this tool does
  • rollbacks for all steps (#9)
  • look into the "shipped files" issue - we should not hardcode this in the updater but use the signature.json
    • ignore custom apps folders (#40)
    • ignore assets folder (#23)
  • polishing:
    • no right side bar needed (#43)
    • inline retry button (#41)
  • integration tests for the web UI (#10)
  • use custom user agent to check for updates (for rough usage stats)
  • respect the server response for disabled updater - (can additionally be used to only make update notifications show but not the update itself work (in case of bugs) - we have already a flag in the response but I think we ignore that one atm)
Updater 2.0
  • download tar ball before going into maintenance mode
  • check for breaking dependencies - PHP version, PHP modules, ...
    • should we rely on the rollback to do that job automatically?
      => I'd say the update server can hand a list of requirements. Can be similar to how we do it in the server atm... Rollback should only be last resort.!
  • check sha sum of downloaded file
  • check signature of sha sum
  • wishlist: check if patched updater is available and update that first then (additional step and also using signatures etc.)

Thanks to @rullzer a& @LukasReschke for the feedback

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  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No file, test, or single entry point is named. Review the unchecked roadmap items and referenced issues #9, #41, and #10 first, then narrow the work to one item with a defined completion condition and verify it against the updater's existing behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
15/100

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