Upgrading
=========
+GNU social 1.1.x to GNU social 1.2.x
+------------------------------------
+
+If you are tracking the GNU social git repository, we currently recommend
+using the "master" branch (or nightly if you want to use latest features)
+and follow this procedure:
+
+0. Backup your data. The StatusNet upgrade discussions below have some
+ guidelines to back up the database and files (mysqldump and rsync).
+
+1. Stop your queue daemons (you can run this command even if you do not
+ use the queue daemons):
+ $ bash scripts/stopdaemons.sh
+
+2. Run the command to fetch the latest sourcecode:
+ $ git pull
+
+ If you are not using git we recommend following the instructions below
+ for upgrading "StatusNet 1.1.x to GNU social 1.2.x" as they are similar.
+
+3. Run the upgrade script:
+ $ php scripts/upgrade.php
+
+ The upgrade script will likely take a long time because it will
+ upgrade the tables to another character encoding and make other
+ automated upgrades. Make sure it ends without errors. If you get
+ errors, create a new task on https://bugz.foocorp.net/
+
+4. Start your queue daemons again (you can run this command even if you
+ do not use the queue daemons):
+ $ bash scripts/startdaemons.sh
+
+5. Report any issues at https://bugz.foocorp.net/ (tag GNU social)
+
StatusNet 1.1.x to GNU social 1.2.x
-----------------------------------
* Before you begin: Make backups. Always make backups. Of your entire
directory structure and the database too. All tables. All data. Alles.
-To do a backup of the database, you can use a variant of this command
-(you will be interactively prompted for the db user's password):
+0. Make a backup of everything. To backup the database, you can use a
+variant of this command (you will be prompted for the database password):
$ mysqldump -u dbuser -p dbname > social-backup.sql
-0. Stop your queue daemons 'bash scripts/stopdaemons.sh' should do it.
+1. Stop your queue daemons 'bash scripts/stopdaemons.sh' should do it.
Not everyone runs queue daemons, but the above command won't hurt.
-1. Unpack your GNU social code to a fresh directory. You can do this
+2. Unpack your GNU social code to a fresh directory. You can do this
by cloning our git repository:
$ git clone https://gitorious.org/social/mainline.git gnusocial
-2. Synchronize your local files to the GNU social directory. These
+3. Synchronize your local files to the GNU social directory. These
will be the local files such as avatars, config and files:
avatar/*
This command will point you in the right direction on how to do it:
$ rsync -avP statusnet/{.htaccess,avatar,background,file,local,config.php} gnusocial/
-3. Replace your old StatusNet directory with the new GNU social
+4. Replace your old StatusNet directory with the new GNU social
directory in your webserver root.
-4. Run the upgrade script: 'php scripts/upgrade.php'
+5. Run the upgrade script: 'php scripts/upgrade.php'
The upgrade script will likely take a long time because it will
upgrade the tables to another character encoding and make other
automated upgrades. Make sure it ends without errors. If you get
errors, create a new task on https://bugz.foocorp.net/
-5. Start your queue daemons: 'bash scripts/startdaemons.sh'
+6. Start your queue daemons: 'bash scripts/startdaemons.sh'
-6. Report any issues at https://bugz.foocorp.net/ (tag GNU social)
+7. Report any issues at https://bugz.foocorp.net/ (tag GNU social)