[Xerte-dev] Re: Upgrading to 1.8

Pat Lockley patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
Fri Jul 6 15:19:49 BST 2012 

I think saying in three weeks 1.8 is released makes sense

On 6 Jul 2012, at 15:17, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> We could do that now?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: 06 July 2012 15:16
> To: For Xerte technical developers
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Upgrading to 1.8
> 
> Beta release candidate to the normal list?
> 
> On 6 Jul 2012, at 15:11, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> I'm going to upgrade our system two weeks today, I need to give users some notice of downtime...
>> 
>> So in three weeks time we'll have a number of systems running the new code: I reckon we should make the zip available at the end of July, that will give time to fix anything that crops up: can we not submit any new code to trunk now, just fixes?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
>> Sent: 06 July 2012 10:22
>> To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Upgrading to 1.8
>> 
>> I just updated my copy of XOT svn and then uploaded the updated files to the
>> test install.
>> 
>> As well as a Moodle upgrade I'm also doing a 1.8 install for a college on
>> Monday so will be able to confirm if any issues occur.
>> 
>> I'm also going to test upgrading a 1.7 installation at some point today...
>> 
>> Tom - are you updating XOT svn this morning?
>> 
>> Jonathan - you've listed a number of xerte desktop issues in the Google doc
>> - do these issues also materialise in XOT too?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Ron
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
>> Sent: 05 July 2012 14:58
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Upgrading to 1.8
>> 
>> Database.php. Thanks.
>> 
>> Mike H is going to help me move it all in the morning, so we can more easily
>> mo0ve stuff around on the servers and sort out file attributes and so on.
>> 
>> ---CAN EVERYONE PLEASE CHECK THE SVN HAS ALL THE UP TO DATE FILES IN THE
>> RIGHT PLACES PLEASE---
>> 
>> I've just made sure the xerte runtime stuff is up to date, and copied the
>> files from svn xerte to svn toolkits. Be good to know that all the language
>> stuff, new models, xwds and so are all good to go as well. Thanks a lot.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
>> Sent: 05 July 2012 14:16
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Upgrading to 1.8
>> 
>> Yep
>> 
>> have an index.html ready with "This site is under maintenance" ready - and
>> remember not to overwrite database.php
>> 
>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Julian Tenney
>> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> OK.
>>> 
>>> Being a 'just do it' kind of guy, I am thinking about right now just
>> copying the new files over the top. Having the site_details site_location
>> thing makes it difficult to ape the install on ltdev without creating a new
>> database.
>>> 
>>> If I backup the dir first, I can go back very quickly.
>>> 
>>> Right?
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
>>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat 
>>> Lockley
>>> Sent: 05 July 2012 14:05
>>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Upgrading to 1.8
>>> 
>>> yep, and at some point you might need to create it
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Julian Tenney 
>>> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> Ah, OK.
>>>> 
>>>> So that needs adding in to the svn then?
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
>>>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat 
>>>> Lockley
>>>> Sent: 05 July 2012 14:01
>>>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>>>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Upgrading to 1.8
>>>> 
>>>> when you set up XOT, is uses an SQL file in /setup/basic.sql to 
>>>> create all the tables (not a problem if you already have a database).
>>>> 
>>>> If the update script uses a database table called config, then at 
>>>> present, the installer doesn't contain an instruction to make a table 
>>>> called config.
>>>> 
>>>> So it shouldn't be a problem for you to swap code.
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Julian Tenney 
>>>> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>> What did this mean?
>>>>> "(but see early q about where the config table is?)"
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
>>>>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat 
>>>>> Lockley
>>>>> Sent: 05 July 2012 11:19
>>>>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>>>>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Upgrading to 1.8
>>>>> 
>>>>> Speaking as Chief of Legacy code for XOT at Nottingham - don't 
>>>>> forget all the crazy curveball settings for people who left, people 
>>>>> without accounts, people with odd names stuck in the code. (mostly 
>>>>> in
>>>>> index.php)
>>>>> I'd do a test version on LTDEV first for 1.8
>>>>> 
>>>>> (but see early q about where the config table is?)
>>>>> 
>>>>> As a suggestion.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Get Unix bod to alter time stamps on all the files outside user-files.
>>>>> Then drop over the top. All files with the old date are spurious. 
>>>>> Then delete those.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Julian Tenney 
>>>>> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> I'd like to move our setup to 1.8 here: we've implemented some 
>>>>>> local changes whilst development's been going on in the trunk, and 
>>>>>> things are getting a bit out of synch, and I'm going to end up 
>>>>>> getting in a mess if I try and bring all the various things into line
>> bit by bit.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We'll also have a working and reasonably busy install running 1.8 
>>>>>> and any outstanding issues will quickly surface...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So, $64m question: I can upgrade going over the top. I'd quite like 
>>>>>> to make a clean set of files, i.e. backup the existing files; 
>>>>>> delete the files from the folder on the web server, drop in the new 
>>>>>> files, and then go, so I'm not left with a load of old files lying 
>>>>>> around that I'm not sure what to do
>>>>>> with: but I need to keep our config files etc.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> How best to proceed? We should also write this up so others can 
>>>>>> follow a simple set of instructions.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I should probably wait until a  quiet ish time of the week to do 
>>>>>> this, and it would be good if you guys were around for help, should I
>> need it...
>>>>>> 
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