Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of TracUpgrade

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Feb 29, 2012, 9:40:33 AM (13 years ago)

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-A Trac environment sometimes needs to be upgraded before it can be used with a new version of Trac. This document describes the steps necessary to upgrade an environment.
+== Instructions ==
 
- '''Note''': ''Environment upgrades are not necessary for minor version releases unless otherwise noted. For example, there's no need to upgrade a Trac environment created with (or upgraded) 0.8.0 when installing 0.8.4 (or any other 0.8.x release).''
+Typically, there are seven steps involved in upgrading to a newer version of Trac:
 
-== General Instructions ==
+=== 1. Update the Trac Code === #UpdatetheTracCode
 
-Typically, there are four steps involved in upgrading to a newer version of Trac:
+Get the new version as described in TracInstall, or your operating system specific procedure.
 
-=== Update the Trac Code ===
+If you already have a 0.11 version of Trac installed via `easy_install`, it might be easiest to also use `easy_install` to upgrade your Trac installation:
 
-Get the new version of Trac, either by downloading an offical release package or by checking it out from the [http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/wiki/SubversionRepository Subversion repository].
-
-If you're doing a major version upgrade (such as from 0.8 to 0.9), it is ''highly'' recommended that you first remove the existing Trac code. To do this, you need to delete the `trac` directory from the Python `lib/site-packages` directory. You may also want to remove the Trac `cgi-bin`, `htdocs`, `templates` and `wiki-default` directories that are commonly found in a directory called `share/trac` (the exact location depends on your platform).
-
-If you have a source distribution, you need to run
 {{{
-python setup.py install
+# easy_install --upgrade Trac==0.12
 }}}
 
-to install the new version. If you've downloaded the Windows installer, you execute it, and so on.
+If you do a manual (not operating system-specific) upgrade, you should also stop any running Trac servers before the installation. Doing "hot" upgrades is not advised, especially on Windows ([trac:#7265]).
 
-=== Upgrade the Trac Environment ===
+You may also want to remove the pre-existing Trac code by deleting the `trac` directory from the Python `lib/site-packages` directory, or remove Trac `.egg` files from former versions.
+The location of the site-packages directory depends on the operating system and the location in which Python was installed. However, the following locations are typical:
+ * on Linux: `/usr/lib/python2.X/site-packages`
+ * on Windows: `C:\Python2.X\lib\site-packages`
+ * on MacOSX: `/Library/Python/2.X/site-packages`
 
-Unless noted otherwise, upgrading between major versions (such as 0.8 and 0.9) involves changes to the database schema, and possibly the layout of the [wiki:TracEnvironment environment directory]. Fortunately, Trac provides automated upgrade scripts to ease the pain. These scripts are run via [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin]:
+You may also want to remove the Trac `cgi-bin`, `htdocs`, `templates` and `wiki-default` directories that are commonly found in a directory called `share/trac`. (The exact location depends on your platform.)
+
+This cleanup is not mandatory, but makes it easier to troubleshoot issues later on, as you won't waste your time looking at code or templates from a previous release that are not being used anymore... As usual, make a backup before actually deleting things.
+
+=== 2. Upgrade the Trac Environment === #UpgradetheTracEnvironment
+
+Environment upgrades are not necessary for minor version releases unless otherwise noted. 
+
+After restarting, Trac should show the instances which need a manual upgrade via the automated upgrade scripts to ease the pain. These scripts are run via [TracAdmin trac-admin]:
 {{{
 trac-admin /path/to/projenv upgrade
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 This command will do nothing if the environment is already up-to-date.
 
-Note that if you are using a PostgreSQL database, this command will fail with the message that the environment can only be backed up when you use an SQLite database. This means that you will have to backup the repository and the database manually. Then, to perform the actual upgrade, run:
+Note that a backup of your database will be performed automatically prior to the upgrade. 
+This feature is relatively new for the PostgreSQL or MySQL database backends, so if it fails, you will have to backup the database manually. Then, to perform the actual upgrade, run:
 {{{
 trac-admin /path/to/projenv upgrade --no-backup
 }}}
 
-=== Update the Trac Documentation ===
+=== 3. Update the Trac Documentation === #UpdatetheTracDocumentation
 
-Every [wiki:TracEnvironment Trac environment] includes a copy of the Trac documentation for the installed version. As you probably want to keep the included documentation in sync with the installed version of Trac, [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] provides a command to upgrade the documentation:
+Every [TracEnvironment Trac environment] includes a copy of the Trac documentation for the installed version. As you probably want to keep the included documentation in sync with the installed version of Trac, [TracAdmin trac-admin] provides a command to upgrade the documentation:
 {{{
 trac-admin /path/to/projenv wiki upgrade
 }}}
 
-Note that this procedure will of course leave your `WikiStart` page intact.
+Note that this procedure will leave your `WikiStart` page intact.
 
-=== Restart the Web Server ===
+=== 4. Resynchronize the Trac Environment Against the Source Code Repository ===
 
-In order to reload the new Trac code you will need to restart your web server (note this is not necessary for [wiki:TracCgi CGI]).
-
-== Specific Versions ==
-
-The following sections discuss any extra actions that may need to be taken to upgrade to specific versions of Trac.
-
-== From 0.9.x to 0.10.x ==
-
-Due to some changes in the Wiki syntax, you may notice that certain parts of your pages no longer work as expected:
- * Previously, links to images would result in that image being embedded into the page. Since 0.10, links to images remain plain links. If you want to embed an image in the page, use the `[[Image]]` macro.
- * You can no longer use `%20` in wiki links to encode spaces. Instead, you should quote the name containing spaces (for example, use `wiki:"My page"` instead of `wiki:My%20page`.)
-
-Several enhancements have been made to the version control subsystem, in particular for the support of scoped repositories has been improved. 
-It is recommended that you perform a [TracAdmin#InteractiveMode trac-admin] '''`resync`''' operation to take advantage of these improvements.
-
-Also note that the argument list of the [TracAdmin trac-admin] '''`initenv`''' command has changed: there's a new argument for determining the type of version control system. The old usage was:
-{{{
-   initenv <projectname> <db> <repospath> <templatepath>
-}}}
-The new usage is:
-{{{
-   initenv <projectname> <db> <repostype> <repospath> <templatepath>
-}}}
-If you're using any scripts that automate the creation of Trac environments, you will need to update them. If you're using Subversion, specify `svn` for the `<repostype>` argument.
-
-== From 0.9.3 to 0.9.4 ==
-
-There is a bug in Pysqlite 1.x that causes reports using the "%" character for `LIKE` clauses or date formatting to fail.  You will need to use escape the percent characters with another: "%%".
-
-== From 0.9.x to 0.9.3 or later ==
-
-If you are using plugins you might need to upgrade them. See http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/milestone/0.9.3 for further details.
-
-== From 0.9-beta to 0.9 ==
-
-If inclusion of the static resources (style sheets, javascript, images) is not working, check the value of the `htdocs_location` in trac.ini. For [wiki:TracModPython mod_python], [wiki:TracStandalone Tracd] and [wiki:TracFastCgi FastCGI], you can simply remove the option altogether. For [wiki:TracCgi CGI], you should fix it to point to the URL you mapped the Trac `htdocs` directory to (although you can also remove it and then [wiki:TracCgi#MappingStaticResources map the static resources]). If you're still having problems after removing the option, check the paths in the `trac/siteconfig.py` file and fix them if they're incorrect.
-
-If you've been using plugins with a beta release of Trac 0.9, or have disabled some of the built-in components, you might have to update the rules for disabling/enabling components in [wiki:TracIni trac.ini]. In particular, globally installed plugins now need to be enabled explicitly. See TracPlugins and TracIni for more information.
-
-If you want to enable the display of all ticket changes in the timeline (the “Ticket Details” option), you now have to explicitly enable that in [wiki:TracIni trac.ini], too:
+Each [TracEnvironment Trac environment] must be resynchronized against the source code repository in order to avoid errors such as "[http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/6120 No changeset ??? in the repository]" while browsing the source through the Trac interface:
 
 {{{
-[timeline]
-ticket_show_details = true
+trac-admin /path/to/projenv repository resync '*'
 }}}
 
-== From 0.8.x to 0.9 ==
+=== 5. Refresh static resources ===
 
-[wiki:TracModPython mod_python] users will also need to change the name of the mod_python handler in the Apache HTTPD configuration:
+If you have set up a web server to give out static resources directly (accessed using the `/chrome/` URL) then you will need to refresh them using the same command:
 {{{
-   from: PythonHandler trac.ModPythonHandler
-   to:   PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend
+trac-admin /path/to/env deploy /deploy/path
+}}}
+this will extract static resources and CGI scripts (`trac.wsgi`, etc) from new Trac version and its plugins into `/deploy/path`.
+
+Some web browsers cache CSS and Javascript files persistently, so you may need to instruct your users to manually erase the contents of their browser's cache.
+
+=== 6. Steps specific to a given Trac version  ===
+==== Upgrading from Trac 0.11 to Trac 0.12 ====
+===== Python 2.3 no longer supported =====
+The minimum supported version of python is now 2.4
+
+===== SQLite v3.x required =====
+SQLite v2.x is no longer supported. If you still use a Trac database of this format, you'll need to convert it to SQLite v3.x first. See [trac:PySqlite#UpgradingSQLitefrom2.xto3.x] for details.
+
+===== PySqlite 2 required =====
+PySqlite 1.1.x is no longer supported. Please install 2.5.5 or later if possible (see [#Tracdatabaseupgrade Trac database upgrade] below).
+
+===== Multiple Repository Support =====
+The latest version includes support for multiple repositories. If you plan to add more repositories to your Trac instance, please refer to TracRepositoryAdmin#Migration.
+
+This may be of interest to users with only one repository, since there's now a way to avoid the potentially costly resync check at every request.
+
+===== Improved repository synchronization =====
+In addition to supporting multiple repositories, there is now a more efficient method for synchronizing Trac and your repositories.
+
+While you can keep the same synchronization as in 0.11 adding the post-commit hook as outlined in TracRepositoryAdmin#Synchronization and TracRepositoryAdmin#ExplicitSync will allow more efficient synchronization and is more or less required for multiple repositories.
+
+Note that if you were using the `trac-post-commit-hook`, ''you're strongly advised to upgrade it'' to the new hook documented in the above references, as the old hook will not work with anything else than the default repository and even for this case, it won't trigger the appropriate notifications.
+
+===== Authz permission checking =====
+The authz permission checking has been migrated to a fine-grained permission policy. If you use authz permissions (aka `[trac] authz_file` and `authz_module_name`), you must add `AuthzSourcePolicy` in front of your permission policies in `[trac] permission_policies`. You must also remove `BROWSER_VIEW`, `CHANGESET_VIEW`, `FILE_VIEW` and `LOG_VIEW` from your global permissions (with `trac-admin $ENV permission remove` or the "Permissions" admin panel).
+
+===== Microsecond timestamps =====
+All timestamps in database tables (except the `session` table) have been changed from "seconds since epoch" to "microseconds since epoch" values. This change should be transparent to most users, except for custom reports. If any of your reports use date/time columns in calculations (e.g. to pass them to `datetime()`), you must divide the values retrieved from the database by 1'000'000. Similarly, if a report provides a calculated value to be displayed as a date/time (i.e. with a column named "time", "datetime", "changetime", "date", "created" or "modified"), you must provide a microsecond timestamp, that is, multiply your previous calculation with 1'000'000.
+
+==== Upgrading from Trac 0.10 to Trac 0.11 ====
+===== Site Templates and Styles =====
+The templating engine has changed in 0.11 to Genshi, please look at TracInterfaceCustomization for more information.
+
+If you are using custom CSS styles or modified templates in the `templates` directory of the TracEnvironment, you will need to convert them to the Genshi way of doing things. To continue to use your style sheet, follow the instructions at TracInterfaceCustomization#SiteAppearance.
+
+===== Trac Macros, Plugins =====
+The Trac macros will need to be adapted, as the old-style wiki-macros are not supported anymore (due to the drop of [trac:ClearSilver] and the HDF); they need to be converted to the new-style macros, see WikiMacros. When they are converted to the new style, they need to be placed into the plugins directory instead and not wiki-macros, which is no longer scanned for macros or plugins.
+
+===== For FCGI/WSGI/CGI users =====
+For those who run Trac under the CGI environment, run this command in order to obtain the trac.*gi file:
+{{{
+trac-admin /path/to/env deploy /deploy/directory/path
 }}}
 
-If you have [http://initd.org/tracker/pysqlite PySQLite] 2.x installed, Trac will now try to open your SQLite database using the SQLite 3.x file format. The database formats used by SQLite 2.8.x and SQLite 3.x are incompatible. If you get an error like ''“file is encrypted or is not a database”'' after upgrading, then you must convert your database file.
+This will create a deploy directory with the following two subdirectories: `cgi-bin` and `htdocs`. Then update your Apache configuration file `httpd.conf` with this new `trac.cgi` location and `htdocs` location.
 
-To do this, you need to have both SQLite 2.8.x and SQLite 3.x installed (they have different filenames so can coexist on the same system). Then use the following commands:
-{{{
- $ mv trac.db trac2.db
- $ sqlite trac2.db .dump | sqlite3 trac.db
-}}}
+===== Web Admin plugin integrated =====
+If you had the webadmin plugin installed, you can uninstall it as it is part of the Trac code base since 0.11.
 
-To update multiple database files at once on linux you may use the following command (replace {{{/var/trac}}} withe the location where your trac installtions reside):
-{{{
- $ find /var/trac/ -iname "trac.db" | xargs -i bash -c "mv {} {}.2; sqlite {}.2 .dump | sqlite3 {};"
-}}}
+=== 7. Restart the Web Server === #RestarttheWebServer
 
-Remember the give the webserver write permission to trac.db.
+If you are not running [wiki:TracCgi CGI], reload the new Trac code by restarting your web server.
 
-After testing that the conversion was successful, the `trac2.db` file can be deleted. For more information on the SQLite upgrade see http://www.sqlite.org/version3.html.
+== Known Issues ==
 
-== From 0.7.x to 0.8 ==
+=== parent dir ===
+If you use a trac parent env configuration and one of the plugins in one child does not work, none of the children work.
 
-0.8 adds a new roadmap feature which requires additional permissions. While a
-fresh installation will by default grant ROADMAP_VIEW and MILESTONE_VIEW
-permissions to anonymous, these permissions have to be granted manually when
-upgrading:
-{{{
- $ trac-admin /path/to/projectenv permission add anonymous MILESTONE_VIEW
- $ trac-admin /path/to/projectenv permission add anonymous ROADMAP_VIEW
-}}}
+=== Wiki Upgrade ===
+`trac-admin` will not delete or remove default wiki pages that were present in a previous version but are no longer in the new version.
+
+=== Trac database upgrade ===
+
+A known issue in some versions of PySqlite (2.5.2-2.5.4) prevents the trac-admin upgrade script from successfully upgrading the database format. It is advised to use either a newer or older version of the sqlite python bindings to avoid this error. For more details see ticket [trac:#9434].
+
+== Upgrading Python ==
+
+Upgrading Python to a newer version will require reinstallation of Python packages: Trac of course; also [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools easy_install], if you've been using that.  Assuming you're using Subversion, you'll also need to upgrade the Python bindings for svn.
+
+=== Windows and Python 2.6 ===
+
+If you've been using !CollabNet's Subversion package, you may need to uninstall that in favor of [http://alagazam.net/ Algazam], which has the Python bindings readily available (see TracSubversion).  The good news is, that works with no tweaking.
+
+== Changing Database Backend ==
+=== SQLite to PostgreSQL ===
+
+The [http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/SqliteToPgScript sqlite2pg] script on [http://trac-hacks.org trac-hacks.org] has been written to assist in migrating a SQLite database to a PostgreSQL database
+
+== Older Versions ==
+
+For upgrades from versions older than Trac 0.10, refer first to [trac:wiki:0.10/TracUpgrade#SpecificVersions].
 
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