[wpkg-announce] Announcement: WPKG 1.0.4 (stable)

[Rainer Meier]

Hi all,

I did some enhancements/changes on the stable release of WPKG and they reached a
level where I think it should be shared as an official release. So here it comes...


Change notes
============
WPKG Version: 1.0.4
Author:     : Rainer Meier <skybeam (at) users.sourceforge.net>
Date        : 2009-03-29
Status      : Released

Changes/fixes visible to the user:

Summary:
- Unnecessary null-reference check removed from getPackageChecks() method.
- Updated help and config.xml (grammar and consistency fixes). Fixes Bug 116.
- Returns 3010 if reboot is scheduled but overrridden. Fixes Bug 132.
- When executing non-existing command returns "-1" instead of throwing error.
- Changed exit behavior in case of overridden reboot (exits with 3010 << 8)
- Show usage when no parameter is given
- improved documentation

FIX: In case a command is executed which does not exist (WScript.Shell.exec()
     throws exception) WPKG does not immediately terminate.
FIX: In case a command is executed which does not exist (WScript.Shell.exec()
     throws exception) WPKG does not immediately terminate.
FIX: Removed unnecessary check for undefined checks in getPackageChecks()
     method. It seems that selectNodes(String) never returns null but instead
     returns empty collection.
FIX: Updated help and config.xml with grammar and consistency fixes as proposed
     by Jens Geile. Thanks Jens. Fixes Bug 116.
FIX: If a reboot is initiated but overridden WPKG was returning exit code 0.
     This behavior has been changed to return code 3010 in this case which
     allows external tools to detect that a reboot should be executed.
     Fixes Bug 132.
MOD: Changed behavior of wpkg.js again in case reboot is overridden.
     Previously it was exiting with exit code 3010 but this caused WPKG client
     to initiate a reboot immediately after wpkg.js terminated.
     Now WPKG returns code 3010 << 8 (3010 bit-shifted by 8 bits to the left)
     which evaluates to a decimal value of 770560. This allows an external
     tool to verify if a reboot was initiated but overridden.
     If you would like WPKG to exit with code 3010 without issuing a reboot
     consider to specify a reboot command within the configuration
     (see rebootCmd in config.xml or /rebootcmd: switch) which points to a
     script which does not do anything. In this case WPKG executes the script
     (e.g. reboot.cmd) and then exits with code 3010.
     This was discussed in Bug 132.
NEW: Shows usage if executed without parameter (instead of just throwing an
     error and exiting).
MOD: Improved documentation.

For the moment you might download it as an attachment on Bugzilla:
<http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/attachment.cgi?id=128>.


Of course I would appreciate any feedback and bug report.

Please stand by for some improvements in WPKG 1.1 testing release soon.

br,
Rainer