Re: Upgrade eXist-db from 2.1 to 6.2.0

Hi,

What if you pass from 2.1 to 3.1.0 (
https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/releases?page=5), then export and import
to 4.1.0 (https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/releases?page=4), then export
and import to 5.1.0 (https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/releases?page=2),
and finally export and import to 6.2.0 (
https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/releases?page=1)?

Good luck!

Claudius

On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 at 08:12, Pieter Lamers <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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]> <[email protected]>
> *Date: *Monday, February 6, 2023 at 8:23 PM
> *To: *"[email protected]"
> <[email protected]> <[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
>
>
>
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>
> Alem T. Areki
>
> Senior Web Developer – Web Services
>
> University of Richmond
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Cu stimă,
Claudius Teodorescu

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