Yes, Thomas is right. I was talking about bundling all Java connectors in the WAR build.
Thanks, Manuel On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.morta...@xwiki.com > wrote: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 9:33 AM, vinc...@massol.net <vinc...@massol.net> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 13 Oct 2014 at 09:11:20, Manuel Smeria (man...@xwiki.com(mailto: > man...@xwiki.com)) wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I think users want to see examples of migrations from version X to Y > >> instead of the current documentation. > >> > >> For example my previous mini tutorial could be used here : > >> > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Upgrade#HUpgradingthewebapp > >> rather than what is currently written. > > > > I think 90% of what you wrote is already there. Free free to integrate > the 10% missing, that’s exactly what I meant by “Would be great to > understand how we can improve > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Upgrade to make it > extra clear what you have to do.” :) > > > > Basically instead of responding to the user which helps 1 user I prefer > the approach of fixing the doc which helps N users (see > http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Contributing#HStrategiesforansweringquestions > ). > > > > This is what I tried to do by adding a section to the documentation for > Maik’s need. Now I need to know if what I did helped or not ;) > > > > BTW your mini tutorial is not fully correct since it means potentially > loosing new configuration options. > > > >> Also we could bundle the Java connectors for all the supported DBs into > >> XWiki by default, but that's a different issue :) > > > > I don’t think Maik wanted to migrate DB, at least that’s not what he > said. But yes we should probably also have a tutorial for moving from one > DB to another (although we do already have a backup/export page and moving > DB is exactly that: export then reimport, either at DB level or at XAR > level). > > I don't think Manuel was really talking about changing the DB but the > WAR does not contain any connector, not even HSQLDB one. > > > > > Thanks > > -Vincent > > > > PS: One possible issue with Maik’s case is that he may not be a java > person. He may not even know how Servlet Container work. This is what I > added the new section which doesn’t require any knowledge of Java/Servlet > container (no need to even know what a WAR is). > > > >> Thanks, > >> Manuel > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 9:49 AM, vinc...@massol.net > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi Manuel/Maik, > >> > > >> > On 13 Oct 2014 at 08:28:00, Manuel Smeria (man...@xwiki.com(mailto: > >> > man...@xwiki.com)) wrote: > >> > > >> > > Hello Maik, > >> > > > >> > > In order to upgrade your XWiki installataion from 6.1 to 6.2.1 you > need > >> > to > >> > > follow these steps: > >> > > * Download the 6.2.1 WAR file ( > >> > > http://download.forge.ow2.org/xwiki/xwiki-enterprise-web-6.2.1.war) > and > >> > > extract it into a folder called "xwiki" > >> > > * Go to your XWiki 6.1 installation folder and replace your > >> > "webapps\xwiki" > >> > > folder with the one from the previous step > >> > > * Start your server > >> > > > >> > > This tutorial assumes you're using HyperSQL as the DB by default. > If you > >> > > use another DB you need to copy a Java connector to your > >> > > "xwiki\WEB-INF\lib" folder and also configure your > >> > > "xwiki\WEB-INF\hibernate.cfg.xml" to connect to your specific DB. > >> > > > >> > > Thanks, > >> > > Manuel > >> > > > >> > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Maik Dehnert > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > Hello all together, > >> > > > > >> > > > I am a bit confused looking at upgrading section, because I have > never > >> > > > upgraded XWIKI before, and I just have experience with the regular > >> > ".exe" > >> > > > installation process. Can you explain in a bit more detail to me > how to > >> > > > upgrade XWIKI with a WAR file? Where can I replace the old WAR > file on > >> > my > >> > > > server with the newer one? > >> > > >> > Would be great to understand how we can improve > >> > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Upgrade to make > it > >> > extra clear what you have to do. > >> > > >> > I’ve created > >> > > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Upgrade#HUpgradingthestandarddistribution > >> > > >> > Let me know if it helps. > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > -Vincent > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list > > users@xwiki.org > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > -- > Thomas Mortagne > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
