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Auto Update and Default repo now work, Ignore list is retained. Made attempts to clean up the Windows processes.

author	sirebral
date	Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:26:02 -0500
parents	52f6a38f8885
children

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47 52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	1 Welcome to Update Manager 0.6.7!!!
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	2
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	3 This is the first isntallment of Update Manager for the OpenRPG Virtual Game Table. The package includes several files that allow users to install Update Manager as a package into other softwares that use Mercurial. The package itself includes
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52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	5 updatemana.py ## The Update Manager
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	6 manfiest.py ## A clone of the Plugin Database file (plugindb.py) from the OpenRPG Project
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	7 validate.py ## Currently unused but it is here for future packaging, from the OpenRPG Project
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	8 xmltramp.py ## From the OpenRPG Project
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	9 __init__.py ## So you can copy the upmana folder and import updatemana.py anywhere
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	10 tmp folder ## Used to protect files during a repository update
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	11 default_ignorelist.txt ## An empty txt, needed in case users cannot create their own ignorelist.txt
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	12 default_manifest.xml ## A nearly empty XML file. Used to hold Update Manager information.
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	13
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	14 The code is incomplete in this version, but the pieces that are missing have notes in remarks on how to complete them.
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	15
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	16 So what can you do with Update Manager? If you have a project that you want to serve to users and user Mercurial as a way to deliver updates, Update Manager allows you to deliver those updates without the fear of creating a problem with user sentiment. Users will be able to (when completed) access their Control tab and update to any revision or any branch that has been served via a repoistory. Users also have the option to protect files from being overwritten during updates, or not update at all!
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	17
52f6a38f8885 Update Manager 0.6.7 (Initial Release). Getting ready to implement it now. sirebral parents: diff changeset	18 If you have a development team you can use Update Manager as a speedy way to surf through your branches and revisions.