Quoting Cog Rusty <cog.rusty@gmail.com>:
On 7/26/07, Neil Drumm <drumm@delocalizedham.com> wrote:
Killes and I have released Drupal 5.2 and 4.7.7. These are bugfix and security releases; upgrading is strongly recommended.
Further details are at http://drupal.org/drupal-5.2
This seems a good place for a clarification. (I would post it in "support" but then it would probably be answered by someone like myself)
In the 5.2+4.7.7 announcement, in the "Upgrades" section, it says: "For the most trouble-free transition from an existing installation, it is recommended that you first upgrade to Drupal 4.7.6 or Drupal 5.1."
In the 5.1+4.7.6 announcement, it was:: "For the most trouble-free transition from an existing installation, it is recommended that you first upgrade to Drupal 4.7.5 or Drupal 5.0."
What is the purpose of this? (Not recommending to go straight to 5.1 when it was released, but recommending it now that 5.2 has been released.) Is it a safety valve in case something upgrade-related has been overlooked in the new release?
Or does it mean that one has to follow the chain and trace back all the minor releases one by one?
Good questions, I would also like to ask why upgrade.php should not handle a straight 4.x to 5.2? Isn't it designed to prevent the need to do incremental upgrades so that all of the needed upgrades are self contained? Earnie