Update issue

[bmarkus]

Update lists lxde-common.tcz for update. Processing it  'lxde-common.tcz.txt OK' displayed. However upgrade folder empty. No any other message. In general update works as expected for other extensions.

[roberts]

Come on guys! If you don't submit an updated zsync file what do you think would happen?

Here are the files on the ibiblio respository!

 860160 Jul 30 10:17 lxde-common.tcz
        485 Jul 30 10:17 lxde-common.tcz.info
        389 Jul 30 10:17 lxde-common.tcz.list
          50 Jul 30 10:17 lxde-common.tcz.md5.txt
       17 Aug 15 20:17 lxde-common.tcz.tree
    707 May 23  2010 lxde-common.tcz.zsync

Can you spot what is wrong!

The .zsync file is a critical file. If not kept updated and allowed to be processed it would surely corrupt your system.

[roberts]

Taking a look at the repository, I am finding many stale zsync files.
Perhaps it was not made clear that each update to an extension requires a corresponding updated zsync file.
Extension makers please take note.

[bmarkus]

Taking a look at the repository, I am finding many stale zsync files.
Perhaps it was not made clear that each update to an extension requires a corresponding updated zsync file.
Extension makers please take note.

As an extension maker do I have to submit zsync file? I have never submitted such a file and no none claimed for. Expected it is generated at the repo side

[curaga]

No, I believe handling the zsync files wasn't the extension maintainer's responsibility.

[Jason W]

The submitqc script we use creates the zsync file that is uploaded, but what has been seen is likely due to the missing entry of zsync.tcz in the dep file of the submitqc script, which would result in a quiet failure to generate a zsync file when used.  Since my normal machines have always had zsync installed, I didn't take note of the missing dependency.  And therefore anyone else installing submitqc from the repo would have been missing the zsync command if it was not already there.  I added checks for certain commands at the beginning of the script, but zsync flew under the radar.

I had recently put zsync in the dep file of the submitqc script, but I did not know that so many files were out of sync.  I will check the zsync file status periodically from now.

[roberts]

Sorry then. IMHO I would think it would be wise to spread out the work by having the extension makers submit a complete set of files.