2016-09-06 16:07 GMT+02:00 Andromeda Yelton <[email protected]>:
> +1 to Erik's plan. > > In deciding whether to stop at 1.8 or go all the way to 1.10 I'd ask > myself the following questions: > > * Are there features from 1.10 (that aren't in 1.8) that I'd really like > to have? (channels is the big one for me) > > One thing I would like to add here is that 1.9 is faster than 1.8 on OUR codebase. So a migration from 1.8 to 1.9 speeds up our site.... > * Are there important third-party dependencies that are only available for > 1.8 and/or 1.10? Do those dependencies have a track record of keeping up > with new versions? (https://djangopackages.org/ is indispensable here, > and will also help you find replacements for your unmaintained > dependencies.) > > * Given that there hasn't been much maintenance time budgeted in the past, > is there likely to be much maintenance time budgeted in the future? (if > not, I'd stick with 1.8, since that will be maintained longer than 1.10 - a > better place to be stuck at if you can't upgrade for a while. but if you're > going to have time to keep up with versions as they happen, then the > questions above are more important.) > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 4:20 AM, Lekan Wahab <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good morning guys. >> I was handed a project at work which was written as far back as 2012. >> Quiet a lot of the packages used in the project are either no longer >> being maintained. >> Rebuilding the project from scratch is not option. >> There are way too many moving parts and way too many apps to rebuild it. >> Here are my questions: >> >> 1. In the scenario i am in, what would be the best approach to update >> this project or at least get it set up locally? >> 2. Quite a lot of changes have been made between django 1.4 (which was >> originally used) and the current version(1.10), what would be the best >> version for me to update the project to. >> I mostly use 1.8 anyway. >> 3. Is there anyone who has or who is still using *unobase* here? >> >> >> Olamilekan >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/django-users/CAE6v7ocNHTh-MUepU1qKp_ZKVc8ofOuDFwebq37KWg >> qsG7i9Fg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAE6v7ocNHTh-MUepU1qKp_ZKVc8ofOuDFwebq37KWgqsG7i9Fg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Andromeda Yelton > Vice President/President-Elect, Library & Information Technology > Association: http://www.lita.org > http://andromedayelton.com > @ThatAndromeda <http://twitter.com/ThatAndromeda> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/django-users/CAFE1XCZba%3DofmPdSrRNg_DX9hYWusqV0PQ- > 07qyZQBT9a%2B6_rQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAFE1XCZba%3DofmPdSrRNg_DX9hYWusqV0PQ-07qyZQBT9a%2B6_rQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > Regards, Andréas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CALXYUbku0V2_3Y3RoZyjXxTsJ0SsLCJQFMMJ6diqqyULBt9Ftg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
