[xwiki-users] Auto-upgrade from XWiki X.Y

2013-10-08 Thread Hamster
Situation: We are currently at XWiki X.Y and we want to upgrade to the latest XWiki version. Problem: Upgrading is complex :-( Wish: I wish that XWiki has an Check for update button. If a new version of XWiki is released, this button will report the newest XWiki version. A new button Upgrade Wiki

Re: [xwiki-users] Auto-upgrade from XWiki X.Y

2013-10-08 Thread Marius Dumitru Florea
The Distribution Wizard [1] and the Extension Updater [2] are steps in this direction. We currently support upgrading wiki pages (XAR extensions) and non-core components (JAR extensions). Upgrading core components (that are loaded by the web container) and merging configuration files from the file

Re: [xwiki-users] Auto-upgrade from XWiki X.Y

2013-10-08 Thread Vincent Massol
On Oct 8, 2013, at 5:21 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea mariusdumitru.flo...@xwiki.com wrote: The Distribution Wizard [1] and the Extension Updater [2] are steps in this direction. We currently support upgrading wiki pages (XAR extensions) and non-core components (JAR extensions). Upgrading core

Re: [xwiki-users] Auto-upgrade from XWiki X.Y

2013-10-08 Thread Thomas Mortagne
Note that except for 1/ you get pretty much all that on Debian/Ubuntu with the combination of Debian packages for the war and configuration files and the Distribution Wyzard for the wiki pages. See http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/InstallationViaAPT. On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at