[Koha] [Koha-devel] Koha move to 3.4

[Linda Culberson]

This is wonderful advice, Paul, and all just what I needed to hear. 
Thank you!

On 4/19/2011 8:19 AM, Paul Poulain wrote:
> Le 19/04/2011 15:01, Linda Culberson a écrit :
>> All,
> Hi Linda,
>> How is  the recommended way to move to the upcoming 3.4?
> First of all the recommended way is to wait until 3.4 is officially here ;-)
>>    We were thinking of having two instances. One with our current
>> 3.02.02.003 and one with 3.4.  Is that a good way to do it or should
>> we upgrade to 3.2.7 and go from there?
> I think it doesn't matter. The database update will take care of this
> smoothly.
> (For reader under 3.0, I think it should work too, but I suggest to
> switch to 3.2 before anyway. For readers running 2.x, wow, upgrade to
> 3.0, then 3.2 then 3.4)
>> Can we move our data or is it better to do a fresh load?  How
>> different is the database in 3.4?
> the DB is quite different but the upgrade takes care of DB upgrade.
> However, depending on your size&  how critical it is to have things live
> working smoothly, it's always wise to have a test/integration server
> before upgrading...
>> Your advice to this newbie is greatly appreciated.
> Another question you could ask yourself is:
> * what's important for me in the 3.4 ? (which killer feature I'm waiting
> for impatiently)
> * which risk do I accept (ie: if there is a problem that prevents me to
> work, how long/critical can it be ?)
> * which ressources do I have to solve a problem
>
> Depending on the answers to the previous questions, it may be
> better/wise to wait for 3.4.1 or 3.4.2, or even 3.4.4 !
> To summarize: "if it works, don't fix it" ;-)
>

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