I tend to agree with this - but mostly because I am paranoid. :-)
I usually create a separate directory and load the files in (extract the tar
file that was downloaded). I back up or make a copy of the database as well.
Then i copy the configuration files from the old to the new dir. Since there
are only a few it's not so bad.
To preserve the same link name - I also have a link from the actual directory
(e.g. mantisBT_1.1.8 to a generic name. I just relink the working one once
it's done - and it is automatically updated for the users. It usually take me
about 10 minutes or so.
KM
--- On Sun, 12/6/09, David Hicks <[email protected]> wrote:
From: David Hicks <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [mantisbt-help] New version
To: "Help with Mantis" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 10:17 PM
On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 22:05 -0500, Glenn Henshaw wrote:
> 2) install the new files over the old directory (to preserve the
> configuration files)
I would actually recommend against this approach because we may remove
files from the source tree between releases. We could also rename files,
move them around and so forth.
Hence I suggest that during an upgrade you create a fresh directory
containing the new version of MantisBT. Then either use a simple shell
script (or manually type commands each time) to create symlinks to the
configuration files you have placed in a directory outside the web root.
Regards,
David
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