On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:58:19 +0200 Firmicus <Firmicus@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Roman Kyrylych a écrit : > > Yes, packaging a webapp is nice for automatic upgrading with pacman, > > but users can have multiple web servers with multiple vhosts > > in /srv, so often installing something there won't make it working > > anyway, and user will copy/move/symlink the app to whatever > > directory is right for user's webserver config scheme, which is > > against the idea that package files (except configs) should not be > > touched by user, but only by package manager. > > > Also, major php applications usually automatically notify the admin > when there is an update. Drupal does it, and phpmyadmin probably too. > So there is really *no need* to package them. Whatever I put under > /srv/http comes from an upstream download. this is one of the reasons why many webapps suck. they add bloat such as package/software management features. imho it's not the task of the webapp to do this. and i hate configuring every webapp to do it. Dieter
