Usually its something like: mysqldump the database download untar new package create new DB upload schema/DB copy/adjust settings.php check modules change my drupal symlink run update.php This could even be a simple script. But when problems arise, they can be mysterious. For example, on my upgrade to 4.6.5 to 4.7beta i had database character encoding problems. Or modules breaking. A simple revert function would be needed. Could we identify possible problems/problem modules? I think this is a good idea. Alex On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 11:03:55AM -0500, Trae McCombs wrote:

We really need the ability to easily upgrade our Drupal sites. I don't know how many people I know who are leaving Drupal en masse to things like wordpress and e107 simply because it's becoming too much of a pain for them to upgrade their sites.

I have been using Drupal since 4.3.2 and it is still very difficult for me to start the upgrade process. I feel as if I really need someone with a clue to look at things for me and upgrade my site. Consequently, a few sites I have are still older revisiions, which are insecure.

We need a one click to upgrade button. Something that goes out and checks your system to see if it has the latest software, if it isn't there, it upgrades it for you as well as your database.

I love drupal and enjoy working on it, I would just hate to see our user share drop because other people are creating features that will simply make it easier for others to use different CMS's than our own.

Please know that this assessment is from someone that doesn't code. The idea of me having to go in and download a new tarball, replace all the core drupal files (sort those things out is a mess) and make sure the modules etc... get updated is a nightmare to say the very least.

Trae

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