[support] Upgrade to Drupal 5?

[Laura Scott]

You will want to review what contributed modules you are using and  
whether there are Drupal 5 versions that are stable. Then you will  
want to allow yourself time to do this. Yes, if you run into  
complications, your users could be affected by downtime. But if you  
have no complications, it might not take more than 15 minutes of work.

Laura


On Oct 15, 2007, at 2:56 PM, Daniel Carrera wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a production website that runs on Drupal 4.7. Should I move  
> it to
> Drupal 5.2?
>
> I'm concerned that migrating might be difficult, might be work, or  
> might
> cause downtime for my users. On the other hand, I'm concerned about
> staying with an old software version that might become unsupported in
> the future, and that migration might be more difficult later.
>
> My Drupal 4.7 site has several modules added on and I figure that  
> these
> might not all work in Drupal 5. My understanding is that backwards
> compatibility is not a development goal for Drupal. So perhaps the  
> best
> way to "migrate" is to essentially re-do the website from scratch and
> then copy all the content from the 4.7 site.
>
> I'm generally happy with Drupal 4.7. Is there any page that briefly
> explains what's new and exciting in Drupal 5 that might make one  
> want to
> move to it?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
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