[sakai-core-team] Documentation : database and older Sakai releases

[Neal Caidin]

That wasn't worded very well. I meant to say, here are a proposed 
changes to blurbs. Please see below.

The key points on these blurbs is that instead of saying we are 
supporting the most recent two releases, we are saying that we are fully 
supporting the most recent release (soon to be Sakai 10) only.  I think 
that reflects closer to reality, but it is not what we have been saying, 
I think.

For database choices the two big questions are 1) MySql 5.5 and later? 
or should we mention support for 5.1? That was lightly debated on an 
earlier thread. 2) We have been saying that Sakai supports MySql and 
Oracle, which is true, however the way I worded the statement below 
indicates a preference for MySql. That *seems* to be true, but will it 
give Oracle institutions pause to see that?  (asking which database 
institutions are using might also be a good question addition for our 
yearly Sakai upgrade survey.)

Thanks,
Neal

> Neal Caidin <mailto:neal.caidin at apereo.org>
> June 17, 2014 at 1:52 PM
> Thinking of changing these blurbs:
>
> Older Sakai releases
> With the advent of the Sakai 10 series, official Community support for 
> Sakai 2.8 ceases and 2.9 is deprecated. Organizations running Sakai 
> 2.9 and earlier versions are strongly encouraged to upgrade to Sakai 
> 10 in order to take advantage of numerous improvements and continued 
> maintenance and support. Sakai 2.9 will continue to receive critical 
> security patches and selective fixes.
>
> Database choices
> Sakai production installations typically run MySQL 5.5 or later. 
> Oracle 10g/11g is the next most popular choice and as of Sakai 10, 
> Oracle 12c has been known to be used.
>
> What do you think?
>

-- 
Neal Caidin
Sakai Community Coordinator
Apereo Foundation
neal.caidin at apereo.org
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