Re: Upgrade eXist-db from 2.1 to 6.2.0

I would not follow this advice. Any new release can be indefinitely 
delayed, and I suspect that even with the promise of some breaking 
changes between 6.2 and 7 there will be much more common ground between 
those than between 2.1 and 6.2.

I would start by installing 6.2 locally and see if I can restore a 
backup onto it. Then see where the code breaks. There is a perl (!) 
script out there which can trace some now invalid constructs, like maps 
with key := val instead of  key : val. There is a lot of code 
refactoring possible now: eXist 6.2 uses a recent version of Saxon which 
supports text value templates (and XSLT 3.0 in general). eXist's XQuery 
has a much broader coverage of the 3.1 standard.

Probably some other community members have a more sophisticated 
approach, so let's see what the others say.

Best,
Pieter

On 07/02/2023 06:44, Martin Mueller wrote:
>
> You might as well wait until the promised version 7 comes out in the 
> spring.
>
> *From: *"Areki, Alem" <[email protected]>
> *Date: *Monday, February 6, 2023 at 8:23 PM
> *To: *"[email protected]" 
> <[email protected]>
> *Subject: *[Exist-open] Upgrade eXist-db from 2.1 to 6.2.0
>
> Hi eXist users,
>
> Here at the University of Richmond, we still use the old eXist version 
> - eXist 2.1. Now we need to upgrade to the latest one - eXist 6.2.0; 
> what would be your recommendation to upgrade from 2.1 to 6.2.0?
>
> Thanks
>
> -- 
>
> Alem T. Areki
>
> Senior Web Developer – Web Services
>
> University of Richmond
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Exist-open mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/exist-open

-- 
Pieter Lamers
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Postal Address: P.O. Box 36224, 1020 ME AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands
Visiting Address: Klaprozenweg 75G, 1033 NN AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands
Warehouse: Kelvinstraat 11-13, 1446 TK PURMEREND, The Netherlands
tel: +31 20 630 4747
web:www.benjamins.com

_______________________________________________
Exist-open mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/exist-open