[Typo3-dev] Minor note on upgrading extension(s)

[Suman Debnath]

I agree. Many times some kind of extension - Typo3 incompatibility creates a 
lot of problems. Maybe there should be a version compatibility check like 
the PEAR install tool?

Regards
Suman Debnath

"Kari Salovaara" <kari.salovaara at pp1.inet.fi> wrote in message 
news:mailman.212.1111326278.22129.typo3-dev at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hi devs,
>
> one of my customers updated Extended calendar today.
> His Typo3 version was still 3.5.0
> After updating Typo3 didn't render anything either on fontend or backend 
> !!! as extension was for 3.7.0 and installed Typo3 was 3.5.0
>
> Situation was quite chaotic as there was no way to get into backend and 
> the logs for httpd and mysql were also quite useful.
> I checked how old backups we had and they where too old to save anything 
> (now I'm creating better system for backups).
>
> How situation was saved:
> 1) I made extra backups and I upgraded into Typo3 version 3.7.0
> 2) used installation tool to check database and modify it to meet the new 
> version (3.7.0)
> 3) made the needed updating to static template values (letter spacing for 
> menues)
> 4) checked all the pages
> 5) now the site with some 10 domains is working.
>
> Lessons learned:
> - make backups frequently (both Typo3 and MySQL and at the same moment and 
> more frequently if there is alot development at the site keeping backup 
> versions for longer period)
> - Typo3 should have checking that newer extensions (newer versions that 
> installed Typo3 should not be installed to site) also some kind of 
> checking that only stable versions could be installed
> - to rescue and save the situation like this needs experienced Typo3 
> knowledge
>
> I'm not making this case as a bug as I'm not going to test it once again!
>
> Now I'm going to have a beer, maybe something like an other fine Danish 
> invention, look at http://www.voresoel.dk/
>
> Cheers,
> Kari
>
> -- 
> Kari Salovaara
> Project Manager
> Finland