Great, thanks for the clarification! Perhaps step 6 should state more explicitly that this is only necessary for testing purposes.
So what does it take to get a link to the Upgrading docs from the OpenSRF download page? - Demian > -----Original Message----- > From: Anoop Atre [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 3:20 PM > To: Demian Katz > Cc: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Upgrading OpenSRF > > Demian > OpenSRF 2.0.0 is compatible with 2.0.x and above (it might even be fine > with Evergreen 1.6.*) > > Yes you can skip that step. I note in the instructions to create > backups > of those files (step 6) if you want to test the bare bones OpenSRF > configuration and then roll back to the Evergreen configuration files > (last part of the instructions). > > I've updated the instructions after Dan Scott made some comments on > IRC, > it now includes a short version and a cleaned up longer version. Also > included a warning that Thomas Berezansky thought might be a good idea > about having to re-compile Evergreen once an OpenSRF upgrade was > completed. In my test I didn't have to but there maybe cases where it > might be required. > > Cheers > > On 05/13/2011 01:36 PM, Demian Katz wrote: > > Thanks for sharing this. Just one point that is a little unclear: > since the Evergreen installation overwrites opensrf.xml and > opensrf_core.xml, how should those files be treated during upgrading? > Presumably if I overwrite the xml files with the xml.example files > generated by the OpenSRF compilation process, that will cause problems > when I go to upgrade Evergreen (since the Evergreen upgrade > instructions don't address opensrf.xml at all). Is there any way this > can be streamlined? Can we simply skip this step in the OpenSRF > upgrade if we are later upgrading Evergreen anyway? > > > > Also, regarding OpenSRF 2.0.0, is this compatible with the Evergreen > 2.0.x line, or is it not appropriate to use it until 2.1.x comes along? > > > > thanks, > > Demian > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Anoop Atre [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 7:35 PM > >> To: Evergreen Discussion Group > >> Cc: Demian Katz > >> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Upgrading OpenSRF > >> > >> Demian > >> I'd been meaning to write upgrade instructions for sometime so here > you > >> go: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=opensrf:upgrading > >> > >> You basically don't need to recreate the ejabberd accounts and you > >> could > >> probably skip step 6 through 9 which are to test a bare-bones > OpenSRF > >> config/install. > >> > >> I'm sure I missed something or there is a better way of doing the > >> upgrade but on a standalone server I've had no problems (yet) with > >> these > >> directions. > >> > >> Depending on what version of Evergreen you are working with I would > >> recommend you move to the latest 2.0.0 that was released on Sunday > >> (thanks to Dan Scott). > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> On 05/10/2011 02:26 PM, Demian Katz wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Just curious if there are upgrade instructions for OpenSRF that I'm > >> missing. I'm currently running 1.6.2, and I see that the newest > >> version is 1.6.3 - it would be nice to upgrade without having to > repeat > >> the whole complex install process. Is there a shortcut, or should I > >> just bite the bullet and dig in? > >>> > >>> - Demian > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Anoop Atre > >> IS Developer& Integrator, MnPALS > >> PH: 507.389.5060 > >> OF: 3022 Memorial Library (Office-ML 3022) > >> -- > >> "Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens" > >> ~ Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller > > > -- > > Anoop Atre > IS Developer & Integrator, MnPALS > PH: 507.389.5060 > OF: 3022 Memorial Library (Office-ML 3022) > -- > "Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens" > ~ Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
