According to the docs, there is an option to create pre-releases in accordance with the app store of Nextcloud.
I understand that I can write any semver compatible version (like 1.4.3.beta2
) into the manifest XML file under /appinfo/info.xml
. Also I might put such a string into the API call when pushing the release out to the app store. All right, I can create such versions. (Let’s assume, I push it out as a non-nightly version.)
What happens on my users instances, if such a version hits their update system? Will version 1.4.3.beta2
be considered the latest version after 1.4.2
? Is this independent of the stability requirements of the admin (stable
, producation
, beta
settings of the server)? How can I make sure that only beta testers can update while others are not running into problems on their high-important instances? As semver allows any alphanumeric string (and even more), how are these parsed during update?
Or is it simply a question of the admin’s attention to not install an alpha version of whatever app killing all data of a Nextcloud instance?
Thanks
Christian