Will try it tomorrow...

:)

Richard

On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Dave S <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 6:34:38 PM UTC-8, Dave S wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 4:41:31 PM UTC-8, Dave S wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> See below:
>>>
>>> On Saturday, December 26, 2015 at 12:22:27 AM UTC-8, Massimo Di Pierro
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There are many reasons you should upgrade, depending on which version
>>>> you are using now:
>>>>
>>>> - to help us make sure we did not break backward compatibility. If your
>>>> existing app does not work with 2.13.4 (and it should) you give us a chance
>>>> to fix the problem. If no, any potential incompatibility will propagate
>>>> forward making it more difficult for us to fix it later, and more difficult
>>>> for you to upgrade.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Looks good so far.  Limited testing of one app (the one that has the
>>> most code, as it happens, though it isn't exactly a Massive Super Site).
>>> Went from 2.12.3 to 2.13.4 (on creaky old Fedora 16) and didn't see any
>>> problems with DB (SQLite), http access, CSS, or the admin page for DBs.
>>>
>>
>> Footnote:  I'm a BeyondCompare user, which made it very easy for me to
>> migrate.  Unzip into a 2.13 directory, use the folder compare between that
>> and the existing (2.12) directory to set up the apps in their new home,
>> then do a folder compare between the Welcome app and my apps to catch all
>> the changed files  in the js, css, etc sub-dirs.
>>
>>
>>> (Looks like ticket display shows the version of the currently running
>>> instance, not the version that created the ticket.)
>>>
>>>
>>>> - to take advantage of new features. For example the awesome JWT
>>>> feature that allows to create API tokens and use them for authentication
>>>> without hitting the database.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm drooling ...
>>>
>>>
>>>> - there is also an important security bug fix in 2.13.4 related to
>>>> auth.settings.registration_requires_approval=True. The bug allows a newly
>>>> registered user to bypass the approval process and approve himself/herself.
>>>> Under come conditions. This is now fixed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Not using this yet, so untested.
>>>
>>> I have the Windders version downloaded, but haven't deployed it ... I
>>> was going to, because that's an even smaller app, but didn't get there
>>> before wandering away aimlessly.
>>>
>>> I will mention any issues should I encounter any.
>>>
>>
> Now I've done the same with my "baby app" that's a csv demo.  Still
> awaiting issues to mention.
>
>
>
>>
>>> Thanks Massimo, Niphlod, Anthony, and the others!
>>>
>>> /dps
>>>
>>
>> Repeated thanks!
>>
>>
> Repeatedly
>
> -d
>
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