Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of TracUpgrade


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    11= Upgrade Instructions = 
    22[[TracGuideToc]] 
     3[[PageOutline(2-3,,inline,unnumbered)]] 
    34 
    45== Instructions == 
     
    67Typically, there are seven steps involved in upgrading to a newer version of Trac: 
    78 
    8 === 1. Update the Trac Code === #UpdatetheTracCode 
     9=== 1. Bring your server off-line 
     10 
     11It is not a good idea to update a running server: the server processes may have parts of the current packages cached in memory, and updating the code will likely trigger [#ZipImportError internal errors].  
     12 
     13=== 2. Update the Trac Code === #UpdatetheTracCode 
    914 
    1015Get the new version as described in TracInstall, or your operating system specific procedure. 
     
    2833This cleanup is not mandatory, but makes it easier to troubleshoot issues later on, as you won't waste your time looking at code or templates from a previous release that are not being used anymore... As usual, make a backup before actually deleting things. 
    2934 
    30 === 2. Upgrade the Trac Environment === #UpgradetheTracEnvironment 
     35=== 3. Upgrade the Trac Environment === #UpgradetheTracEnvironment 
    3136 
    3237Environment upgrades are not necessary for minor version releases unless otherwise noted.  
     
    4550}}} 
    4651 
    47 === 3. Update the Trac Documentation === #UpdatetheTracDocumentation 
     52=== 4. Update the Trac Documentation === #UpdatetheTracDocumentation 
    4853 
    4954Every [TracEnvironment Trac environment] includes a copy of the Trac documentation for the installed version. As you probably want to keep the included documentation in sync with the installed version of Trac, [TracAdmin trac-admin] provides a command to upgrade the documentation: 
     
    5459Note that this procedure will leave your `WikiStart` page intact. 
    5560 
    56 === 4. Resynchronize the Trac Environment Against the Source Code Repository === 
    57  
    58 Each [TracEnvironment Trac environment] must be resynchronized against the source code repository in order to avoid errors such as "[http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/6120 No changeset ??? in the repository]" while browsing the source through the Trac interface: 
    59  
    60 {{{ 
    61 trac-admin /path/to/projenv repository resync '*' 
    62 }}} 
    6361 
    6462=== 5. Refresh static resources === 
     
    7068this will extract static resources and CGI scripts (`trac.wsgi`, etc) from new Trac version and its plugins into `/deploy/path`. 
    7169 
    72 Some web browsers cache CSS and Javascript files persistently, so you may need to instruct your users to manually erase the contents of their browser's cache. 
     70Some web browsers (IE, Opera) cache CSS and Javascript files aggressively, so you may need to instruct your users to manually erase the contents of their browser's cache, a forced refreshed (`<F5>`) should be enough. 
     71{{{#!comment 
     72Remove above note once #9936 is fixed. 
     73}}} 
    7374 
    7475=== 6. Steps specific to a given Trac version  === 
    7576==== Upgrading from Trac 0.11 to Trac 0.12 ==== 
     77 
    7678===== Python 2.3 no longer supported ===== 
    7779The minimum supported version of python is now 2.4 
     
    8789 
    8890This may be of interest to users with only one repository, since there's now a way to avoid the potentially costly resync check at every request. 
     91 
     92===== Resynchronize the Trac Environment Against the Source Code Repository ===== 
     93 
     94Each [TracEnvironment Trac environment] must be resynchronized against the source code repository in order to avoid errors such as "[http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/6120 No changeset ??? in the repository]" while browsing the source through the Trac interface: 
     95 
     96{{{ 
     97trac-admin /path/to/projenv repository resync '*' 
     98}}} 
    8999 
    90100===== Improved repository synchronization ===== 
     
    127137== Known Issues == 
    128138 
    129 === parent dir === 
    130 If you use a trac parent env configuration and one of the plugins in one child does not work, none of the children work. 
     139Things you should pay attention to, while upgrading. 
     140 
     141=== Customized Templates 
     142 
     143Trac supports customization of its Genshi templates by placing copies of the templates in the `<env>/templates` folder of your [TracEnvironment environment] or in a common location specified in the [[TracIni#GlobalConfiguration| [inherit] templates_dir]] configuration setting. If you choose to do so, be wary that you will need to repeat your changes manually on a copy of the new templates when you upgrade to a new release of Trac (even a minor one), as the templates will likely evolve. So keep a diff around ;-) 
     144 
     145The preferred way to perform TracInterfaceCustomization is to write a custom plugin doing an appropriate `ITemplateStreamFilter` transformation, as this is more robust in case of changes: we usually won't modify element `id`s or change CSS `class`es, and if we have to do so, this will be documented in the TracDev/ApiChanges pages. 
     146 
     147=== !ZipImportError === 
     148 
     149Due to internal caching of zipped packages,  whenever the content of the packages change on disk, the in-memory zip index will no longer match and you'll get irrecoverable !ZipImportError errors. Better anticipate and bring your server down for maintenance before upgrading. 
     150See [trac:#7014] for details. 
    131151 
    132152=== Wiki Upgrade === 
     
    137157A known issue in some versions of PySqlite (2.5.2-2.5.4) prevents the trac-admin upgrade script from successfully upgrading the database format. It is advised to use either a newer or older version of the sqlite python bindings to avoid this error. For more details see ticket [trac:#9434]. 
    138158 
    139 == Upgrading Python == 
     159=== parent dir === 
     160If you use a trac parent env configuration and one of the plugins in one child does not work, none of the children work. 
     161 
     162== Related topics 
     163 
     164=== Upgrading Python === 
    140165 
    141166Upgrading Python to a newer version will require reinstallation of Python packages: Trac of course; also [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools easy_install], if you've been using that.  Assuming you're using Subversion, you'll also need to upgrade the Python bindings for svn. 
    142167 
    143 === Windows and Python 2.6 === 
     168==== Windows and Python 2.6 ==== 
    144169 
    145 If you've been using !CollabNet's Subversion package, you may need to uninstall that in favor of [http://alagazam.net/ Algazam], which has the Python bindings readily available (see TracSubversion).  The good news is, that works with no tweaking. 
     170If you've been using !CollabNet's Subversion package, you may need to uninstall that in favor of [http://alagazam.net/ Alagazam], which has the Python bindings readily available (see TracSubversion).  The good news is, that works with no tweaking. 
    146171 
    147 == Changing Database Backend == 
    148 === SQLite to PostgreSQL === 
     172=== Changing Database Backend === 
     173==== SQLite to PostgreSQL ==== 
    149174 
    150175The [http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/SqliteToPgScript sqlite2pg] script on [http://trac-hacks.org trac-hacks.org] has been written to assist in migrating a SQLite database to a PostgreSQL database 
    151176 
    152 == Older Versions == 
     177=== Upgrading from older versions of Trac === #OlderVersions 
    153178 
    154179For upgrades from versions older than Trac 0.10, refer first to [trac:wiki:0.10/TracUpgrade#SpecificVersions].