[WG: Sakai QA] [Building Sakai] Proposal: Upgrade from Jira 5 to Jira 6

[Steve Swinsburg]

+1. I use the atlassian hosted Jira and automatically received the update
one day. The UI is hardly different to what we have now.

sent from mobile device
On 11/12/2013 12:50 AM, "Neal Caidin" <neal.caidin at apereo.org> wrote:

> I had a question about how long Jira 6 has been available. Jira 6 came out
> about 6 months ago, May 2013 [1].
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> And a suggestion to include a link to new Jira 6 features [2].
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> I notice the new mobile support which is very exciting. Now you can be
> commenting on Jira issues while having supper with your family. A family
> member is sure to ask you what you are doing, which will provide a great
> opportunity to educate them about open source software and Sakai and
> potentially recruit another member to our community. That’s how it works,
> right? ;-)
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> 1 - http://blogs.atlassian.com/2013/05/meet-new-jira-6/
> 2 -  https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+6.0+Release+Notes
> http://blogs.atlassian.com/2013/05/meet-new-jira-6/
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> Neal Caidin
> Sakai Community Coordinator
> neal.caidin at apereo.org
> Skype: nealkdin
> Twitter: ncaidin
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> On Dec 10, 2013, at 8:11 AM, Neal Caidin <neal.caidin at apereo.org> wrote:
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> Proposal:
> Upgrade Jira from (major version) 5 to Jira 6 the weekend of December 28.
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> Rationale:
> To stay current for purposes of receiving better support, security
> patches, bug fixes, and the latest features (approximately in that order).
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> Implications:
> Confluence has already been upgraded, not too long ago, so we are current
> there. Just behind by a version in Jira.
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> I asked our hosting provider, Wush.net <http://wush.net/>, a few
> questions about the upgrade. Below are the details of that exchange.
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> Community input and Decision making:
> A material objection raised by a Sakai PMC member will block this
> proposal.  Other opinions are welcome, indeed encouraged.  Silence equals
> consent. Input must be received by Friday, December 13, close of business,
> your time zone.
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> Detailed Q&A with Wush:
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> > I'm wondering if you recommend if we upgrade from Jira 5.2 to Jira 6 ?
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> Our usual recommendation is to wait until your plugins work, then try to
> upgrade when possible to avoid situations where you are multiple major
> versions behind.
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> According to the JIRA Update Check, it looks like the main plugin
> incompatibility is Voters and Watchers (see
> https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.jira.plugin.votersAndWatchers).
> According to the plugin page, support for JIRA 6.x is not included because
> the newer version includes similar functionality built-in.
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> > If so, how long would an upgrade take? Are there many user interface
> changes? Any risk to existing data?
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> Upgrades usually take about 1 hour, but we ask that you plan a 4 hour
> window.
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> The user interface changed in a few places, but we have not heard any
> complaints of confusion. It mostly brings the look and feel more consistent
> with newer versions of Confluence and makes it easier to get to common
> tasks.
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> We will have a backup of your existing data, but upgrades are usually
> safe. Atlassian adds more consistency checks as time goes on, so really the
> main problem we deal with when upgrading is fixing up minor data corruption
> from older versions that are no longer silently accepted.
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> > If you are working around Christmas, that is a time I expect less
> activity from our users and therefore a good time for an upgrade. But there
> is no urgency that
> > I can tell (depending on your answer to my first question).
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> Would the weekend between Christmas and New Years work for you?
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> end of proposal and supporting details.
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> Thanks,
> Neal
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> Neal Caidin
> Sakai Community Coordinator
> neal.caidin at apereo.org
> Skype: nealkdin
> Twitter: ncaidin
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