If another Raspberry Pi is affordable for you, you might consider setting up a completely new system. That would give you time to get things right. If you are successful, you could then stop both WeeWX instances, copy over the database (weewx.sdb) to the new system and restart.
> On Oct 24, 2020, at 10:51 AM, Boston Tom <tkav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, that's the reason behind wanting to upgrade. I want to keep up to date > every so often so that I don't wind up with a set up that gets completely > phased out. Do you recommend just leaving it alone until something stops > working? > > On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 1:44:14 PM UTC-4 tke...@gmail.com wrote: >> If your system is working fine, why mess with it? Especially if it involves >> an OS upgrade. >> >> The only catch is that eventually Python 2 will be phased out and, to keep >> up with security upgrades, you may be forced to switch. >> >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 10:27 AM Boston Tom <tka...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I am running 3.7.1 on an rpi with the interceptor driver to collect data >>> from my Lacrosse system and publish it to the web, CWOP, APRS, etc. >>> >>> Everything has been running fine for several years, but I am considering >>> upgrading. I am not Linux or programming savvy. I just do things >>> logically by trial and error and eventually get things to work.....somehow. >>> >>> It took me quite a while to get my existing set-up working, so now I am a >>> little nervous to tinker with anything. >>> >>> I am running Raspian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie), release 8.0 >>> >>> Should I upgrade to weewx 4.1.1, or just leave it alone? >>> >>> If upgrading will not be too disruptive to my system, it looks like I will >>> need to upgrade the operating system (based on the weewx page >>> prerequisites). >>> >>> Will an operating system upgrade affect my current set-up? >>> Will updating to weewx 4.1.1 wipe out my current config settings, or mess >>> with the interceptor driver I need to run to collect the data? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "weewx-user" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/8b2a66c0-2ff0-4091-ac25-8ba07f32b1a8n%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f50cea27-a70a-46ae-b10a-efad8873c491n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/B90993D6-014E-4151-A59D-09BA59932AC6%40johnkline.com.
