Re: RFC: Update wizard

[Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>]

Dave Page wrote:
>  

> More preciesly, the issue is to detect whether a file has been updated.
> I suggested CVS as it should be simple to initial look for a file newer
> than the releases CVS tag, and following that, newer than the one
> previously downloaded.

But we don't want to create a kind-of cvs client in pgadmin, no? How to 
identify the currently installed versions, if not with a version string 
compiled in?

> Mind you, maybe I'm underestimating the number of users we may get.
> Perhaps this should work from the ftp mirror network?

I've been asking about this a while ago. We don't know until we try, I'm 
afraid...

Regards,
Andreas