Closed (works as designed)
Project:
Drupal core
Version:
6.x-dev
Component:
install system
Priority:
Normal
Category:
Bug report
Assigned:
Unassigned
Reporter:
Created:
19 Dec 2007 at 14:42 UTC
Updated:
6 Jan 2008 at 23:05 UTC
Steps to reproduce: Install a fresh drupal, go to administration section. It will tell you to run cron.
The suggestion made at [1] is to run cron after the installation process once. Just tell the user he has to setup a cron job. This would make it a bit easier for new drupal users and would maybe spare himself some worries ;-)
Comments
Comment #1
webernet commentedThe system no longer shows an error immediately after installation (only a friendly reminder).
Not running cron on install encourages new users to read the documentation and properly set up regular cron runs.
Comment #2
panchoNow that http://drupal.org/node/100909 got committed, right after installation this is shown only as warning and not as error.
Otherwise I'm not so sure whether this is a good idea. If cron automatically runs on install, the admin might not care about setting up a cron job, but forget about it and wonder, if the cron tasks are not being done. Think it would be better to add this as a task during installation.
Comment #3
chx commentedNew task during the installer... not for D6.
Comment #4
catchIt shouldn't be a task during install - if you're a newbie cron can be confusing, you also have the option of hitting cron.php manually, and using poormanscron, and there's a bunch of ways to get it working properly given command line and various cpanels.
Definitely it shouldn't be run on install - that's already been dealt with elsewhere, the warning and timings were a great idea. So by design.
Comment #5
scoutbaker commentedMarked http://drupal.org/node/205183 as a duplicate.
Comment #6
Bevan commentedsubscribing