[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Upgrade Script for 2.6.4 to 2.7

[Ben Shum]

Hello,

So the upgrade scripts are intended to be done sequentially as written
due to certain limitations in the build process of Evergreen currently
(this is still under community discussion).  So unfortunately, if
you're already on 2.6.4, then you may have some small edits necessary
to perform the upgrade from 2.6 series to 2.7 series.  If I recall
correctly, you should be able to the run the 2.6.3-2.7 script without
problems, but when you try to do the 2.7.0-2.7.1 script, it might
cause conflicts because some of the changes in the 2.7.0-2.7.1 might
already have been done during the 2.6.3-2.6.4 script.

In situations like these, most system administrators will manually
compare the differences between the conflicting upgrade scripts and
make edits to the files as necessary to "skip" anything that's already
been done and doesn't need to be re-done.

Long-term, the developer community needs to complete discussions about
how to make the database upgrade process cleaner between major version
shifts, but this is the present reality.

-- Ben

On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Jayaraj JR <jayaraj at iisertvm.ac.in> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are currently working on Evergreen version  2.6.4. We would like to
> upgrade to 2.7 series. But the sql script found for upgrade is from 2.6.3 to
> 2.7 series. What script is to be done for upgrading from 2.6.4 or higher
> version to 2.7 series.
>
> Thanking You
>
> --
> Jayaraj J R
> Library Information Assistant
> IISER Thiruvananthapuram



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Benjamin Shum
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