2016-09-06 16:07 GMT+02:00 Andromeda Yelton <andromeda.yel...@gmail.com>:
> +1 to Erik's plan. > > In deciding whether to stop at 1.8 or go all the way to 1.10 I'd ask > myself the following questions: > > * Are there features from 1.10 (that aren't in 1.8) that I'd really like > to have? (channels is the big one for me) > > One thing I would like to add here is that 1.9 is faster than 1.8 on OUR codebase. So a migration from 1.8 to 1.9 speeds up our site.... > * Are there important third-party dependencies that are only available for > 1.8 and/or 1.10? Do those dependencies have a track record of keeping up > with new versions? (https://djangopackages.org/ is indispensable here, > and will also help you find replacements for your unmaintained > dependencies.) > > * Given that there hasn't been much maintenance time budgeted in the past, > is there likely to be much maintenance time budgeted in the future? (if > not, I'd stick with 1.8, since that will be maintained longer than 1.10 - a > better place to be stuck at if you can't upgrade for a while. but if you're > going to have time to keep up with versions as they happen, then the > questions above are more important.) > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 4:20 AM, Lekan Wahab <olamy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Good morning guys. >> I was handed a project at work which was written as far back as 2012. >> Quiet a lot of the packages used in the project are either no longer >> being maintained. >> Rebuilding the project from scratch is not option. >> There are way too many moving parts and way too many apps to rebuild it. >> Here are my questions: >> >> 1. In the scenario i am in, what would be the best approach to update >> this project or at least get it set up locally? >> 2. Quite a lot of changes have been made between django 1.4 (which was >> originally used) and the current version(1.10), what would be the best >> version for me to update the project to. >> I mostly use 1.8 anyway. >> 3. Is there anyone who has or who is still using *unobase* here? >> >> >> Olamilekan >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/django-users/CAE6v7ocNHTh-MUepU1qKp_ZKVc8ofOuDFwebq37KWg >> qsG7i9Fg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAE6v7ocNHTh-MUepU1qKp_ZKVc8ofOuDFwebq37KWgqsG7i9Fg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Andromeda Yelton > Vice President/President-Elect, Library & Information Technology > Association: http://www.lita.org > http://andromedayelton.com > @ThatAndromeda <http://twitter.com/ThatAndromeda> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/django-users/CAFE1XCZba%3DofmPdSrRNg_DX9hYWusqV0PQ- > 07qyZQBT9a%2B6_rQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAFE1XCZba%3DofmPdSrRNg_DX9hYWusqV0PQ-07qyZQBT9a%2B6_rQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > Regards, Andréas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CALXYUbku0V2_3Y3RoZyjXxTsJ0SsLCJQFMMJ6diqqyULBt9Ftg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
