On 7/27/07, Gabor Hojtsy <gabor@hojtsy.hu> wrote:
Cog Rusty wrote:
Well, update.php does not include older updates, so if one has an older 4.x site (let's say 4.5 or 4.4), he cannot upgrade directly, but first go to an intermediate version. I have not looked into it, but update.php might have problems, or would not inform the user, if he has such an old system that has no updates in the actual update.php/update.inc/*.install files code.
The question remains, because how would it help to upgrade such an old version first to 5.1 and not to 5.2?
An advice which seemed safe so far was (a) never skip major versions (b) when stepping to the next major version use its latest minor version, assuming that it would be more "bug-fixed"
Absolutely agreed.
People seem to have been doing that successfully. So, it surprised me to see a suggestion to go first to the second-newest minor version every time..
IMHO these are copy-pastes, and it is a good idea to discuss them.
When I first saw in the previous announcement of 5.1+4.7.6 the suggestion to go to 5.0 first, I also thought that it was an oversight with a copy/paste. But then I noticed in the announcement of 5.2+4.7.7 that it was updated to "go to 5.1 first" and I wondered if there was a reason.
Gabor