If you are still on 1.609, you are likely vulnerable to wide array of security issues.
Suggest that you use a restored backup to test the upgrade and see what the issues are, if any. On Wed, Aug 23, 2017, 5:01 PM Mark Waite <[email protected]> wrote: > With that age of a system, I'd either leave it alone or replace it with a > new Jenkins version. I wouldn't attempt to upgrade it "in place". > > If you decide to not leave it alone, refer to the > https://jenkins.io/doc/upgrade-guide/ and realize that you're moving > across a 2 year gap and a major version number change, with significant new > functionality added in that two year period. > > Jenkins 2 is really great, and has real, very serious advantages over > 1.609.3. Some of those advantages include: > > - Blue Ocean user experience is intensely focused on developers > - Pipeline expresses job definitions in a domain specific language > tuned to continuous delivery > - Multi-branch Pipeline will create and destroy jobs automatically > based on discovered branches > - Java 8 is required (placing you on a currently supported JDK) > - Many security advisories have been resolved > - Performance and scale improvements > - Reliability improvements > - Significant enhancements in many plugins > > Mark Waite > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 2:44 PM louwho <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Off and on, I have touched upon Jenkins. My expertise is InstallShield >> development, with some Release engineering. Anyway, new project, taking >> over the Jenkins build system also. Current Jenkins version is 1.609.3, >> the Jenkins LTS is now 2.6.03. Putting aside (for now), the old adage of >> 'if it an't broken, don't fix it', are there any real advantages to >> upgrading to the latest version, or should I just leave it alone? The >> product builds are building PowerBuilder and Java products..and then >> InstallShield, copies to AWS S3, etc. We are also considering using some >> third party tools that will allow us to move the Powerbuilder stuff from >> the CVS repository to GIT. As an aside, does anyone know if you can have >> two versions of PowerBuilder on the same build system? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Jenkins Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/70caafe3-ec9a-4730-ada5-e598b401973a%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/70caafe3-ec9a-4730-ada5-e598b401973a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAO49JtFDVK28Tz_FYuGG7J1vqbZx5-14ePOkOJNK3wG64voM5w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAO49JtFDVK28Tz_FYuGG7J1vqbZx5-14ePOkOJNK3wG64voM5w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CANHK%3DJ2jK%3Dt8H68-wSWfOy9AfSi3gzPVFn%2Bb2uUcOwvVXix%3D8g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
