[ZendTo] Potential change to RPM packaging — good/bad idea?

[Massimo Forni]

+1 for me

Sent from my iPhone

On 17 Jul 2020, at 18:00, Jules via ZendTo <zendto at zend.to> wrote:

 Folks,

This only applies to those using the RPM/yum distribution of ZendTo.
It affects people running CentOS or RedHat, for starters.

It does not apply to people running ZendTo on Ubuntu or Debian, for example.

Currently, if you modify a *.tpl file (anything in /opt/zendto/templates) and then upgrade:
1. The new version goes in as *.tpl.rpmnew
2. The rpm command tells you this (but it tells you a lot of things very fast)
3. You have to go and fix up any customisations, so that the service works at all.

What I could change them to is this:
1. The new version goes in as *.tpl and the old modified one is renamed to *.tpl.rpmsave
2. The rpm command tells you as before
3. The service works first time, but you then need to re-apply your customisations.

Which approach is better?

It's going to be a very noticeable change for any site that regularly tweaks any of the *.tpl files.
But I suspect that is a small proportion of sites.

What do you think?

Is this change a good idea or a bad one?

Please let me know!

Jules

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