+1 and also +1 for Wido's idea. People are more forgiving with big changes during major version changes.
-- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wido den Hollander" <w...@widodh.nl> > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Sent: Friday, 28 August, 2015 08:40:19 > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Let's fix CloudStack Upgrades and DB migrations with > CloudStack Chimp > On 28-08-15 08:51, Rohit Yadav wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Some of us have discussed in the past on fixing CloudStack’s upgrade and >> DB migration, I’m trying to explore if we can really fix this. Please >> review, advise changes, add suggestions along with your upgrade >> experience so we can improve this in near future starting with ACS 4.7 >> or above: >> >> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/CloudStack+Chimp >> (note: this wiki will keep changing depending on the discussions and >> feedback) >> > > I think it's a great idea. The current database upgrade path is indeed > fragile and causes issues in multiple occasions. > > I would say we do this in what we call 5.0 and also switch to Java 8 at > the same time :) > > Why 5.0? Well, we tell users that you gave to upgrade to 4.6 or 4.7 > first and THEN you can go to 5.0 > > Going from <4.6 to 5.0 directly is NOT supported. > > Wido > >> Regards, >> Rohit Yadav >> Software Architect, ShapeBlue >> >> >> >> >> M. +91 88 262 30892 | rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com >> <mailto:rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> >> Blog: bhaisaab.org <http://bhaisaab.org> | Twitter: @_bhaisaab >> >> >> >> >> Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services >> >> IaaS Cloud Design & Build >> <http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//> >> CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework <http://shapeblue.com/csforge/> >> CloudStack Consulting <http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/> >> CloudStack Software Engineering >> <http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-software-engineering/> >> CloudStack Infrastructure Support >> <http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> >> CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses >> <http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> >> >> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are >> intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. >> Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do >> not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. >> If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither >> take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. >> Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in >> error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. >> ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is >> operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil >> Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated >> under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue SA Pty Ltd is a company >> registered by The Republic of South Africa and is traded under license > > from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
