[support] Upgrading Drupal

[Victor Kane]

In this discussion, I am a little concerned that people might be confusing a
major upgrade (Drupal 4.7 to Drupal 5.x, Drupal 5.x to Drupal 6.x) with a
minor upgrade (Drupal 5.12 to Drupal 5.14).

Is this the case?

Victor

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Emmanuel Seyman <
emmanuel.seyman at club-internet.fr> wrote:

> * Daniel Carrera [19/12/2008 13:46] :
> >
> > If I am upgrading Drupal 5.9 to 5.14 do I still have to disable the
> > modules before the upgrade?
>
> That's what the documentation says but it's a lot of work for little
> gain. My procedure is :
>
> When upgrading the core modules, do not disable nor upgrade the
> contributed modules you are using.
>
> Once you have upgraded Drupal and given your site a quick test run to
> make sure it's still up and running, disable the contributed modules
> you are using, update them and re-enable them.
>
> Go through another test run and you're done.
>
> > Should I be worried that data might get lost if I disable a module?
>
> Hasn't happened to me, so far.
> Always make a backup of your data, just in case.
>
> Emmanuel
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