[development] 5.x to 6.x migration timeline, best practices, tips

[Mark Shropshire]

That was I was getting at in my original email too. Thanks for  
clarifying.

On May 18, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Andrew Berry <andrewberry at sentex.net>  
wrote:

> On 18-May-09, at 5:06 PM, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
>> Quoting Andrew Berry <andrewberry at sentex.net>:
>>
>>> On 18-May-09, at 8:37 AM, Mark Shropshire wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the instructions on this. You included the step of  
>>>> going  to 5.0 first, then the latest 5.x. I always wondered if  
>>>> this was  necessary.
>>>
>>> AFAIK it shouldn't be; Earnie, can you explain why you did it that  
>>> way?
>>>
>>
>> Because it ensures that all updates marked for 5.x are made since  
>> those updates are not carried to 6.x.
>
> Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. I was curious as to why you did the  
> extra step of 5.0 to 5.x. Are updates being removed within the 5.x  
> releases? If you had a 4.7.x site, wouldn't you want to go from  
> 4.7.11 directly to 5.18?
>
> --Andrew