[Koha-devel] patches with DB change, workflow

[Marcel de Rooy]

I favor the atomicupdate approach. (Makes testing the db change easier too.) 
In that case we could do something similar for updating the pref files in 5 to 10 language folders. These files have the same "not apply"-problem. 
With a few lines of code the RM could move new INSERT statements for prefs from atomicupdate to the pref folders too. 
Only a convention for naming the db and pref updates would be welcome.

Marcel

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Van: koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha-community.org [mailto:koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha-community.org] Namens Paul Poulain
Verzonden: maandag 23 mei 2011 14:17
Aan: koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org
Onderwerp: [Koha-devel] patches with DB change, workflow

Hi all,

I think there are some things unclear (at least for me ;-) ) about
submitting bugs with DB changes.

We said various things, I don't know which one is the correct one.
*
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Tutorial_for_Updating_Database_Files
is the wiki page about this
* we spoke of using XXXX in updatedatabase.pl to have te RM pick the
right number when needed.
* We also spoke of using atomicupdate, and let the RM append to
updatedatabase when applying to master.

What I see is that updatedatabase.pl changes a lot, making patches
including them "does not apply" quite quickly.
I'm wondering if it would not be easier to have "atomicupdate" and
kohastructure.sql, the RM moving from atomicupdate to updatedatabase
when applying. I think it would be easier to sign-off -just run
atomicupdate attached to the bug- too.

I already have encountered the problem twice today (I work on bugzilla).

Your opinion ?

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