[Owncloud] Improvement for the required version test blocking apps

[eMerzh]

Yeah and dependancy checker use an hard-coded list... and is not
really possible to extend...
we may want to add a collback or a parameter to let the app register
the dependancy...



On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Marcos Mezo <mmezo at selexco.net> wrote:
> On 21/08/12 12:45, Christian Reiner wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sunday 19 August 2012 19:42:17 you wrote:
>>> just to add little more things to the discution,
>>> it would be great if there were also a requirement checker about other
>>> things like php modules, or even plateform ...
>>
>> To me it sounds like these checks should be requested as a part of the
>> install
>>
>> or upgrade routines. That is where the environment owncloud is meant to be
>> installed into should be checked.
>>
>> This discussion was about the check blocking or enabling single apps
>> inside an
>> existing owncloud installation. Though certainly possible I doubt adding
>> such
>> checks at this point brings any advantage. Such basic aspects must be
>> checked
>> and fulfilled to get owncloud running anyway. Is there any benefit if
>> these
>> aspects are checked again and again, each time an app is installed or
>> enabled?
>
> If I am correct not every module is necessary for every installation. In
> fact if I remember well, the PHP Curl extension is not needed for a basic
> owncloud installation, but the bookmarks application uses it.
>
> By the way, I found out about that in the admin menu. After activating the
> "dependency status" application, on the main amin screen you can find which
> modules are needed and which application is using them. I had the curl one
> in red, saying that bookmarks needed it.
>
> So I gess it's ok to check dependencies on every app
> installation/activation.
>
> Marcos
>
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