Usability: Run cron automatically after installation
marco.robotangel - December 19, 2007 - 14:42
| Project: | Drupal |
| Version: | 6.x-dev |
| Component: | install system |
| Category: | bug report |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | by design |
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Description
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 ;-)
#1
The 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.
#2
Now 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.
#3
New task during the installer... not for D6.
#4
It 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.
#5
Marked http://drupal.org/node/205183 as a duplicate.
#6
subscribing