[opencms-dev] Looking for suggestion: upgrade from 6beta3 to whichnew version?

[Alexander Kandzior]

> 1. is it better to upgrade to the new 6.2beta or to the 6.0.4 
> . I mean if I have to change my template I should do this 
> operation once... do you plan to create  something like a 
> wizard in the future to switch from the 6.0.x releases to the 
> 6.2 or is it better to upgrade my code directly to the 6.2.x releases?

There will be a wizard to upgrade from 6.0.x t0 6.2.0 once the final release
is available.
I suggest you upgrade to 6.2 when it's released.

> 2. the correct way to make the upgrade is to export  databae 
> data+ my template folder from the 6beta3 and restore this to 
> the new version and than debug the system to discover problems?

Yes. There may be some issues because of API changes from the 6.0 beta to
the 6.0 final release. 

> 3. I'm using postgresql as backend and I have problems with 
> the setup process in 6.2beta (sometimes it says that the 
> database does not exists, or it doesn't create tables...) are 
> there links regarding how to setup opencms with this dbms in 
> this release?

PostgreSQL is really not to well supported, mostly because the original
contributor currently has other thigs to do. Therefore the PostgreSQL post
is a bit behind. The 6.2 beta version has not really been tested on
PostgeSQL so far. I am interested to lern if it works or not.

Any PostgreSQL knowledgeable person that would like to help fix issues with
the PostgreSQL driver would be most welcome ;-)

Kind Regards,
Alex.

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Alexander Kandzior
                                                               
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