New package manager

Just having a look at the new package manager, looks Ok but where do you get third party add ons from, specifically I’m looking for Provisioner, this is in Extras and has been for a while, I could find this and install it from there in B3 and B4 but not now it seems in B5, its not in packages or extras that I can see.

Quote from: shamblett at Dec 16, 2009, 03:09 PM

Just having a look at the new package manager, looks Ok but where do you get third party add ons from, specifically I’m looking for Provisioner, this is in Extras and has been for a while, I could find this and install it from there in B3 and B4 but not now it seems in B5, its not in packages or extras that I can see.

That’s because the Package Manager is now version-specific; meaning that unless you specify on modxcms.com/extras that your package works in the user’s Revo version, it wont show up.

This is to prevent incompatibility with prior MODx versions and code.

For example, no package build with beta4 or earlier will work with beta5. You will need to rebuild the package in beta5 and upload a new version.

Ah Yes, I did read this in the release notes thinking back, reason I ask is that on my windows box it was already installed, I did the pull, upgrade/rebuild to B5 and just logged in and tested it, it looked Ok so I was just thinking I’d do a fresh install on my linux box that doesn’t have it installed and check it just in case. Guess I’ll have to do a local install and check it. If it does work can I just bump the compatibility or do I really have to upload a new package?

As an aside what are we going to do with already installed packages when an upgrade is performed? Forcing people to re-install them all sounds a little harsh, not everything will break between upgrades.

Quote from: shamblett at Dec 16, 2009, 03:29 PM

Ah Yes, I did read this in the release notes thinking back, reason I ask is that on my windows box it was already installed, I did the pull, upgrade/rebuild to B5 and just logged in and tested it, it looked Ok so I was just thinking I’d do a fresh install on my linux box that doesn’t have it installed and check it just in case. Guess I’ll have to do a local install and check it. If it does work can I just bump the compatibility or do I really have to upload a new package?

For packages that were built pre-beta5, you’ll have to rebuild and upload a new package, since pre-beta5 packages wont work. This was because of the PHP5.1+ changes; we dont expect that to happen again for Revo 2.0.

As an aside what are we going to do with already installed packages when an upgrade is performed? Forcing people to re-install them all sounds a little harsh, not everything will break between upgrades.

They can keep it; already installed will work fine. It’s just the changes to Transport Packages and their constants that require a new package to be built.

I’m still not seeing any packages at all from "download extras."

I updated to r6230 and cleared sessions/cooikes/cache, etc.

Quote from: BobRay at Dec 16, 2009, 03:50 PM

I’m still not seeing any packages at all from "download extras."

I updated to r6230 and cleared sessions/cooikes/cache, etc.

That’s because your packages are beta4-built. They will need to be rebuilt and uploaded as a new version for beta5 compatibility.

Quote from: splittingred at Dec 16, 2009, 03:51 PM

Quote from: BobRay at Dec 16, 2009, 03:50 PM

I’m still not seeing any packages at all from "download extras."

I updated to r6230 and cleared sessions/cooikes/cache, etc.

That’s because your packages are beta4-built. They will need to be rebuilt and uploaded as a new version for beta5 compatibility.

But aren’t there any Beta5 packages in the repository? I didn’t see anything at all.

Quote from: BobRay at Dec 16, 2009, 03:58 PM

But aren’t there any Beta5 packages in the repository? I didn’t see anything at all.

Oh, ok. A few things:

1. Make sure your provider points to: http://rest.modxcms.com/extras/
2. Do you have either cURL or sockets installed on your PHP install? You’ll need at least one of these for it to work.
3. Are you getting any errors?

No cURL. Fixed - thanks.

Quote from: BobRay at Dec 16, 2009, 04:47 PM

No cURL. Fixed - thanks.

No problem; we’ll be adding checks and an info message into the installer for RC1 to notify users that Package Management wont work if they dont have at least one of those during install.