Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 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
     
    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.
    8991
     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}}}
     99
    90100===== Improved repository synchronization =====
    91101In addition to supporting multiple repositories, there is now a more efficient method for synchronizing Trac and your repositories.
     
    97107===== Authz permission checking =====
    98108The authz permission checking has been migrated to a fine-grained permission policy. If you use authz permissions (aka `[trac] authz_file` and `authz_module_name`), you must add `AuthzSourcePolicy` in front of your permission policies in `[trac] permission_policies`. You must also remove `BROWSER_VIEW`, `CHANGESET_VIEW`, `FILE_VIEW` and `LOG_VIEW` from your global permissions (with `trac-admin $ENV permission remove` or the "Permissions" admin panel).
     109
     110===== Microsecond timestamps =====
     111All timestamps in database tables (except the `session` table) have been changed from "seconds since epoch" to "microseconds since epoch" values. This change should be transparent to most users, except for custom reports. If any of your reports use date/time columns in calculations (e.g. to pass them to `datetime()`), you must divide the values retrieved from the database by 1'000'000. Similarly, if a report provides a calculated value to be displayed as a date/time (i.e. with a column named "time", "datetime", "changetime", "date", "created" or "modified"), you must provide a microsecond timestamp, that is, multiply your previous calculation with 1'000'000.
    99112
    100113==== Upgrading from Trac 0.10 to Trac 0.11 ====
     
    124137== Known Issues ==
    125138
    126 === parent dir ===
    127 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.
    128151
    129152=== Wiki Upgrade ===
     
    134157A 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].
    135158
    136 == 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 ===
    137165
    138166Upgrading 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.
    139167
    140 === Windows and Python 2.6 ===
     168==== Windows and Python 2.6 ====
    141169
    142 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.
    143171
    144 == Changing Database Backend ==
    145 === SQLite to PostgreSQL ===
     172=== Changing Database Backend ===
     173==== SQLite to PostgreSQL ====
    146174
    147175The [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
    148176
    149 == Older Versions ==
     177=== Upgrading from older versions of Trac === #OlderVersions
    150178
    151179For upgrades from versions older than Trac 0.10, refer first to [trac:wiki:0.10/TracUpgrade#SpecificVersions].