[Webware-discuss] Docs about upgrading

[Frank B. <fb...@fo...>]

Hi,
while reading the discussion about more docs and a spiced up
MakeAppWorkDir.py, it came to my mind, that there is no documentation
about the best way to upgrade a current Webware installation, or is
there? 

Maybe MakeAppWorkDir.py could handle this as well, or a
UpdateAppWorkDir script might  do this task. 

So how do you do upgrades? 

Here's my current tactic: 

* Download and unpack a Webware Package / "cvs update"
* Stop AppServer

* mv Webware/ Webware-old/; cp -a Webware-NewOrCVS/ Webware/ ; cd Webware
* install.py
* bin/MakeAppWorkDir.py /MyWorkdir (which is my old Workdir)
* cd /MyWorkdir
* Edit the overwritten Configs/App*.py: turn on AutoReload,
  disable and enable contexts, ... This maybe is better done in the
  Webware directory first?
* cp WebKit.cgi /www/cgi-bin

* Start AppServer

This includes a bit of a downtime, especially while editing the
Configs, so if anyone has a better tactic, it would be great to
hear...

ciao
-- 
 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__