How do YOU perform an upgrade? Describe your process.

[williamgh]

I have a list of files that I have modified and I perform these changes to the new files after the files are copied over for everything to run correctly.

I pretty much go directory to directory and copy over my old files with the new ones. (after backups of course)

Here is where I'm a bit fuzzy, eventhough I have been successful with the upgrade:
I don't delete anything that the upgrade doesnt have. For example, Webapps has alfresco, share, and mobile directories which are not in the upgrade bundle.
Am I doing this right? I imagine it wouldnt run w/o these directories because I have modified files in those locations as well. Why aren't these directories included in the bundle?

What is your upgrade process?



ps- the instructions are extremely vague! Are there considerations for the mysql database to consider? I have a standalone install for mysql so I didnt do anything in that regard.

[mrogers]

The database should look after itself during the upgrade.

It sounds like you are hacking files within the alfresco webapp, which as you have found makes upgrading harder, and is never recommended.

Your configuration (of just the minimum you need to customise) should go into the extension classpath (shared/classes folder), or be contained in separate AMPS.    Your configuration is kept separate from the alfresco provided configuration so you just replace the entire alfresco webapp.