[Evergreen-general] Tell us about your upgrade schedules!

[Lussier, Kathy]

Hi all and Happy Friday!

NOBLE is reevaluating its upgrade schedule and would like to hear how other
libraries / consortia handle their upgrades. Since we moved to Evergreen,
we've been on a schedule to do a major release upgrade twice per year,
following the community's schedule of two releases per year, and usually
upgrade to the release that's one version behind the latest release. We
don't typically do point release upgrades, but will load patches for bug
fixes that are important to our libraries. We also hold off on upgrades in
cases where we see bugs that will cause too much of a hardship for our
libraries. This typically happens when an entire interface is replaced
before it supports all of the features used by our libraries.

We are considering a move to a one-upgrade-per-year schedule. Under this
schedule, we would skip a release to ensure we stay on a release that still
receives security fixes.

Tell us about your upgrade schedules.

   - What is your current upgrade schedule for major releases? Do you
   typically upgrade one release at a time or do you skip releases?
   - Do you typically perform point release upgrades in addition to major
   upgrades? Do you just load bug fixes as you need them? Or do you do both
   (or neither)?
   - Has your upgrade schedule changed over the years that you’ve been on
   Evergreen? If so, how has it changed and what factors influenced your
   decision to make those changes?
   - If your upgrade schedule is annual or even less frequent, is there any
   frustration among your libraries about delays in getting new features?

Feel free to add any information about what you like or dislike about your
current schedule.

Adding a #CatTax in appreciation for your feedback.

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Kathy
--
Kathy Lussier
she/her
Executive Director
NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
Danvers, MA
978-777-8844 x201
www.noblenet.org
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