Mantis major update for EPEL 5

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:00:10 +0100
Gianluca Sforna <giallu at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Kevin Fenzi <kevin at scrye.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well, whats the end user impact of an upgrade from 1.1.8 to 1.2?
> > Does it require intervention to get it working after upgrade?
> 
> After installation, an admin is prompted to perform a DB schema
> migration by following a specific link.

ok, and the existing site doesn't work until they do?

is this the case on all mantis updates? Or only major versions? 

> > Does it have a very different user interface?
> 
> No, the web interface is pretty similar. There are many new features
> but the default installation feels pretty much the same to the user.

ok

> > For 6, I would definitely say support the newest stable one you
> > can, as it will be there for a long while. ;)
> 
> yeah, I am just trying to understand if the next major version will be
> released anytime soon, so I could avoid doing another upgrade in a
> short time

Sure, makes sense. 

kevin
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