Please read through for my responses; I expect other folks on the list to pipe in with their experiences (dev-list may grant you some technical tricks for upgrading)
Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Miller > Sent: February 6, 2002 12:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Upgrading > > > > I have a few questions regarding upgrading the OpenSRS software: > > 1. Is it recommended that I upgrade each time a new version comes out or > just for major releases? Is there somewhere on the OpenSRS website that > shows what has changed in the newer versions? I just don't want > to have to > download the software each time to see what has changed. > You only need to upgrade if there is some functionality you require that has been added, or if there is a bug affecting you that has been fixed. Each version that's released has an "Upgrade Guide" that shows the changes to the client/server at that time. When a version is deprecated, it is moved to: http://opensrs.org/src/old/ Within most client version directories is a Docs directory (we only started doing this from v2.3 and onwards) that has the Upgrade Guide for that version (in PDF). It will help you out with what's different from version to version. > 2. When upgrading, do i just need to replace all the directories > then keep > my templates directory the same as it was in previous versions? > The reason > being is because I've modified just about all of my templates and > I want to > keep using my existing ones. > There's no easy answer for this. It really depends on what version you're currently running, what version you're moving too, and what functionality you expect. For example, multilingual domains have gone through some significant changes over the past year and change - if you're running an old client code, the upgrade will be large. But, if you're only running .com/.net/.org, changes are minimal. It might take some comparing of templates to see if new bits have been changed. Your mileage will really vary based on where you are, where you need to be, and the distance between those two points. > > Best Regards, > > Jeff Miller > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com >
