Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of MasterUrl

Timestamp:

Oct 10, 2009, 6:10:41 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Nicolas

Comment:

Use '1.' in all list items; Trac will take care of numbering.

MasterUrl

@@ -26 +26 @@
  1. Pick a ''good'' new URL according to the above recommendations,
  so that you will never need to change it again.
- 2. If the project was ever public,
+ 1. If the project was ever public,
  post news to let users know the URL will change.
- 3. If stats aggregators carry your project's stats,
+ 1. If stats aggregators carry your project's stats,
  let the site admins know about the URL change.
- 3. If you have any tasks in progress or waiting to be sent,
+ 1. If you have any tasks in progress or waiting to be sent,
  it's recommended you wait until they are all done before changing the URL.
  And/or abort the unsent tasks.
@@ -37 +37 @@
  but if users already have workunits on their computers,
  they will still have old URLs and you can't edit that.
- 4. Stop the project.
- 5. Replace URL everywhere in [ProjectConfigFile config.xml]
- 6. Replace scheduler URL in `html/users/schedulers.txt`.
+ 1. Stop the project.
+ 1. Replace URL everywhere in [ProjectConfigFile config.xml]
+ 1. Replace scheduler URL in `html/users/schedulers.txt`.
  Prefix should match the URL in [ProjectOptions#dirs <cgi_url> in config.xml].
- 7. If you have [ProjectSkin project-wide files],
+ 1. If you have [ProjectSkin project-wide files],
  like logos for the simple GUI,
  replace download URLs in `project_files.xml`
- 8. Delete everything in `html/cache`,
+ 1. Delete everything in `html/cache`,
  since cached pages may have links to the old URL,
  and users would get broken links for an hour or so.
@@ -51 +51 @@
  rm -rf html/cache/*
 }}}
- 9. Either create new application versions,
+ 1. Either create new application versions,
  or update the `app_version` table to have the new URLs:
 {{{
  UPDATE app_version SET xml_doc = REPLACE(xml_doc, "http://old.example.com/", "http://new.example.org/");
 }}}
- 10. If you have forums enabled,
+ 1. If you have forums enabled,
  you may want to do a similar replacement on forum contents,
  in case users posted links to their computers or similar.
- 11. Start the project, send some test workunits,
+ 1. Start the project, send some test workunits,
  and make sure everything is working.