Defect #8541
closed
Upgrade instructions confusing
Added by Dave Abrahams over 13 years ago.
Updated over 13 years ago.
Description
Step 5 says "copy the folders of your installed plugins..." but it doesn't tell me where to find them
Step 6 says "Run the following command from your Redmine root directory"
Is that the new installation's root directory, or the old one's?
Step 7 says "check for any themes that you may have installed in the "public/themes" directory. You can copy them over but checking for updated version is ideal."
But it doesn't tell me how to check for an updated version. Imagine I didn't create this installation, or I created it 2 years ago just to get a job done and haven't touched it since, and am now tasked with upgrading it. These instructions assume a great deal of background knowledge I don't have or may have lost.
Oh, and finally, a step like "swap the old redmine folder with the new one" is missing.
Oh, and one more thing: the database backup should be the very last step, should it not, just to capture as much as possible in case of a problem?
An automated upgrade procedure would be most welcome!
Dave Abrahams wrote:
Oh, and finally, a step like "swap the old redmine folder with the new one" is missing.
Well, swapping Redmine folders or not is the user choice.
Oh, and one more thing: the database backup should be the very last step, should it not, just to capture as much as possible in case of a problem?
You can do an additional DB backup at the end of the migration, but what if your DB is corrupted by migration ??
A DB backup before DDL operations is commonly a must do.
BTW, I made the other changes you reported so I can close the issue, thanks for reporting.
- Status changed from New to Closed
Etienne Massip wrote:
Dave Abrahams wrote:
Oh, and finally, a step like "swap the old redmine folder with the new one" is missing.
Well, swapping Redmine folders or not is the user choice.
Oh, and one more thing: the database backup should be the very last step, should it not, just to capture as much as possible in case of a problem?
You can do an additional DB backup at the end of the migration, but what if your DB is corrupted by migration ??
A DB backup before DDL operations is commonly a must do.
Sorry, of course I meant the last step just before migration operations modify the DB. As I was trying to work through everything I had to do I became increasingly conscious of the long delay between my backup and the first operation that could have modified the DB.
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