Changeset 7826

Timestamp:

Jun 9, 2020, 1:43:11 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Nicklas Nordborg

Message:

References #2214: Upgrade Hibernate and other 3-rd party components

Added a note about testing is only made with MySQL to the update section.

Location:

trunk/doc/src/docbook

Files:

• admin/installation.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• appendix/update_warnings.xml (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/doc/src/docbook/admin/installation.xml

@@ -47 +47 @@
 
     <important id="installation.upgrade.important">
-      <title>Important information for upgrading to BASE 3.16</title>
+      <title>Important information for upgrading to BASE 3.17</title>
       <para>
         This section list some important information that may or may not
         apply when upgrading from the <emphasis>previous</emphasis> BASE
-        release to the current release (eg. 3.15 to 3.16). If you are 
-        upgrading from a BASE installation that is older (3.0-3.14) 
+        release to the current release (eg. 3.16 to 3.17). If you are 
+        upgrading from a BASE installation that is older (3.0-3.15) 
         you should also read <xref linkend="appendix.update_warnings" />.
       </para>
       
-      <bridgehead>Java 11 or later is now required (OpenJDK)</bridgehead>
+      <bridgehead>MySQL versions before 8.0 are no longer supported</bridgehead>
       <para>
-        Starting with this release, Java 11 is required for running BASE. 
-        BASE 3.15 was the last BASE version with support for Java 8. 
-        Note that Oracle no longer provide a free JDK or JRE.
-        Instead, OpenJDK has to be used, which can be downloaded from 
-        <ulink url="https://openjdk.java.net/" />
-      </para>
-    
-      <bridgehead>Tomcat 8 and PostgreSQL 9 are no longer supported</bridgehead>
-      <para>
-        Starting with this release, we no longer test BASE with Tomcat 8
-        or PostgreSQL 9. Thus, we are recommening that existing installations
-        are upgraded to at least Tomcat 9 and PostgreSQL 11.
+        Starting with this release, we no longer test BASE with MySQL versions
+        before 8.0. We are recommending existing installations are upgraded to
+        use MySQL 8 or migrated to PostgreSQL.
       </para>
     
@@ -304 +295 @@
               <listitem>
                 <para>
-                  Download and install MySQL (tested with version
-                  5.5), available from
+                  As of BASE 3.17 we are only testing with MySQL 8.0.
+                  Other versions may also work, but are no longer tested.
+                  Download MySQL from
                   <ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/" />. You need to
                   be able to connect to the server over TCP, so

trunk/doc/src/docbook/appendix/update_warnings.xml

@@ -35 +35 @@
     to the current version.
   </para>
+
+  <sect1 id="appendix.update_warnings.3.17">
+    <title>BASE 3.17</title>
+  
+    <bridgehead>MySQL versions before 8.0 are no longer supported</bridgehead>
+    <para>
+      Starting with this release, we no longer test BASE with MySQL versions
+      before 8.0. We are recommending existing installations are upgraded to
+      use MySQL 8 or migrated to PostgreSQL.
+    </para>
+    
+  </sect1>
+
   
   <sect1 id="appendix.update_warnings.3.16">