Automated updates are a tricky thing, because they might break things in contributed modules. I have a development and a production site of each of my sites. I first update the development site, run a few pre-defined checks, and then update the production site. And if something broke on the development site, I first look for a fix. And yes, things do break. <br>
<br>I use drush for backup and updates, just a couple of commands, no time-consuming pointy-clicky business. <br><br>Ursula<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Dave Stevens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:geek@uniserve.com">geek@uniserve.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear All,<br>
<br>
Recently I got an email from my drupal 7.10 site informing me that<br>
there was an update available to version 7.12. The link took me to a<br>
pink hued page where I was told that it was advisable to correct a<br>
security problem by upgrading to 7.12. I am then informed that there<br>
is no automated upgrade, but that instructions are available to<br>
manually back up files and databases then carry on with a manual<br>
upgrade.<br>
<br>
I see this as a real issue with the design of Drupal. It is all very<br>
well to find vulnerabilities and announce them, with fixes, but if<br>
there is no simple, automated way to apply the fixes there will<br>
inevitably be a lot of unpatched cms's out there running outdated and<br>
known-vulnerable versions of Drupal.<br>
<br>
The developers may, for all I know, be working hard on an automated<br>
update and patch mechanism. Can anyone tell me if this is the case? Am<br>
I doomed to continue manually applying security fixes as long as I<br>
persist with Drupal? I dumped Win95 a long time ago and have really no<br>
wish to regress this way.<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
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