[horde] Themes issues?

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:

> Quoting Dominik Erdmann <horde_mailing at der-domi.de>:
>
>> Am 17.06.2015 um 18:13 schrieb Jan Schneider:
>>
>>>>> CSS cache ist stored in static/
>>>>
>>>> Perfect! I deleted all cache files in static and the browser cache.
>>>> Now it looks fine again. Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Does make it sense to clear the files in the folders after the
>>>> lifetime of the specific caching files is expired?
>>>> CSS and JS cache is stored in static/ and theme cache in
>>>> $conf[cache][params][dir], correct?
>>>
>>> The cache expires automatically, but depending on whether you use a
>>> release or git installation, you may need to change the css cache settings.
>>
>> Okay. The expiration is defined in the lifetime values. But the  
>> expired cache files will not be deleted automatically, correct?
>> I wondering why I had to delete the cache to get the correct CSS.  
>> The issue began a few weeks ago.
>>
>> I'm using a git installation. Which settings do you mean? I don't  
>> see any difference to my PEAR release installation. Here are the  
>> cache settings of git.
>
> [snip]
>
>> $conf['cachecss'] = true;
>> $conf['cachethemes'] = true;
>
> This won't work for git, since you are constantly updating the CSS  
> from source but the version numbers are not changing (so the cache  
> is not being invalidated).  This is no different than if you were  
> manually editing CSS files, for example.
>
> CSS/Theme caching only works if using release versions or if you are  
> willing to manually clear the cache.

Not quite. That's what the filemtime setting is for, no?

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