We need automatic modules updates

Posted by pamphile on July 28, 2008 at 8:14pm

Wordpress has a plugin called the "Wordpress Automatic Upgrade"

"Wordpress Automatic Upgrade allows a user to automatically upgrade the wordpress installation to the latest one provided by wordpress.org using the 5 steps provided in the wordpress upgrade instructions. Go to Wordpress Automatic Upgrade to upgrade your installation Thanks to Ronald Huereca for making the plugin run in automatic mode."

We need a similar module that can upgrade Drupal, and it's modules manually ( semi automatic ) or in automative mode ( 1 or 3 clicks ).

I'm putting the idea out there.
I don't know if a similar project already exists but I'm willing to help financially to get this done.
Contact me if you need financial donors to get this started or completed.

Marcel
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http://www.blogpostsforsale.com

Comments

Something like this would

Posted by pamphile on July 28, 2008 at 8:16pm

Something like this would save us countless hours of work. We spend so much time upgrading modules and drupal core installations.

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The wordpress module is

Posted by pamphile on July 28, 2008 at 8:17pm

The wordpress module is found here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/

Marcel
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Underway

Posted by agentrickard on July 28, 2008 at 9:35pm

See http://groups.drupal.org/node/10893

The security issues are non-trivial, so you should read up on the discussions related to that project.

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Also keen for this

Posted by inspiredearth on August 18, 2008 at 3:12pm

I can's say I am knowledgeable on the security issues such a module might create. I'll read the discussion at the link the last person gave and see if that enlightens me. But in principle I can't see why it's not possible to implement such functionality in a secure fashion.

It is the introduction of One Click Updates (for Wordpress plugins) and Wordpress Automatic Upgrade that has for me made working with Wordpress realistic. It saves me many hours of time every month... and I have everything up to date all the time... were as I use to only update every few months when I had a day to spare.

I highly recommend such a feature in Drupal via a module (or even as core code).

My two cents worth.

Regards,

Jonathan

Inspired Earth Publishing House
www.inspiredearthpublishing.com

Thanks

Posted by pamphile on August 28, 2008 at 9:57am

Thanks

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I second this.. this would

Posted by ari-meetai on September 24, 2008 at 5:19pm

I second this.. this would be a very time-saver feature.

Actually is what keeps me from completely LOVING Drupal.

I do, however, am happy that drupal dev's patch the security holes very quick and that they provide the updates.

But even Joomla has this option where you upload the update zip to the site and everything is automagic.

more: http://drupal.org/node/199368

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Maybe Drupal could develop

Posted by jweberg on January 9, 2009 at 6:45pm

Maybe Drupal could develop this app and use an API key to allow the module to work. This should make it more secure.