On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 08:19:25AM +0800, James Andrewartha wrote: > The docs in /usr/share/doc/request-tracker3.8 are a confusing mix of > Debian and upstream information. Given that upgrading from 3.6 in lenny > to 3.8 in squeeze is the common case, I was expecting clear instructions > saying something like "request-tracker3.8 is parallel-installable with > request-tracker3.6, to non-destructively upgrade your database, perform > these simple steps:" > > There is something like this in README.Debian, but I didn't see it as > it's not on the first page, which just refers to NOTES.Debian, so I > assumed it'd be in there. That is where I got the usage of > rt-dump-database, as I hadn't installed rt3.8-db-mysql. I assumed > because it did dumps and reloads that upgrades were handled by it > outside the database, rather than running scripts on the database.
Yup, I've made some changes to the documentation of both rt-dump-database and NOTES.Debian to hopefully clarify some of these points in 3.8.8-6 which should land in squeeze. Cheers, Dominic. -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
