Installation Documentation
- Monday, August 05 2002 @ 10:39 AM EDT
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I think this issue needs a little clarification...
I attempted an upgrade from GL v1.3.5 to v1.3.5sr2.
The installation doc gives fairly explicit instructions, but has no mention of upgrading the DB (or not upgrading) from this recent version.
So I checked on IRC, and nobody was absolutely positive there.
The installation script had no choice for v1.3.5, so I picked the closest v1.3.4
That didn't work.
So I started back up from my backups.
But my point is, maybe this should be more clearly defined in the install docs.
If you guys need someone to "dummy-proof" your install docs, I'd be glad to help. While the existing docs do the job, I think they could be dumbed down a bit for the average user...
All in all though, I'm continually impressed with the whole GL community and everyone's willingness to provide support and new software.
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So just to make this clear: There is no database upgrade needed when going from 1.3.5 to 1.3.5sr2.
We concentrated on getting the installation instructions right for 1.3.5sr2 (mainly because the old instructions where not detailed enough and sometimes we were just swamped with request for help). I guess the part about upgrading didn\'t receive too much attention then ...
Any suggestions on how to improve the documentation are welcome (and actual portions of text would be even more welcome). We\'ll try and further improve the documentation for the next version. For example, it will for sure include instructions on where to find the admin password, since that is currently the most-asked question on IRC ...
bye, Dirk
I agree that the instructions are a bit unix centric but then again this is the most used platform out there ... Users running Apache on Windows didn\'t seem to have too many problems with the instructions either. So I guess we need to make some improvements for IIS users?
bye, Dirk
-Jason