Upgrade from 0.9.6 to 0.9.6.1 - Is there a faster method

Hello,

I have a problem in a 0.9.6 installation. My guess is that the response in the forums will be that I first have to upgrade to the latest version. But I do not really want to go into all the trouble of the full upgrade just for this problem.
Isn’t there a faster way to upgrade from 0.9.6 to 0.9.6.1, like copying only the files in the /manager directory?
If there are no database changes, why can’t I just copy a bunch of PHP files (like only /manager directory) and leave the rest untouched?

Thanks for your answers.

Bert Catsburg

I don’t believe that there were changes, and copying should work, but it’s definitely not a supported method of upgrading. (And by my having posted this means it’s completely wrong of course.) Regardless, the slow part of upgrades honestly is the copying of files.

Quote from: bertcatsburg at Jan 10, 2008, 11:18 AM

I have a problem in a 0.9.6 installation. My guess is that the response in the forums will be that I first have to upgrade to the latest version. But I do not really want to go into all the trouble of the full upgrade just for this problem.
Isn’t there a faster way to upgrade from 0.9.6 to 0.9.6.1, like copying only the files in the /manager directory?
If there are no database changes, why can’t I just copy a bunch of PHP files (like only /manager directory) and leave the rest untouched?

The upgrade process sounded a bit scary for me too, but it ended up being very simple. Just backup everything, extract to the root and run install (just a few clicks).

I didn’t even have to restore any bits from backups and all my snippets, templates, and extra code were kept.

You should always run the installer in upgrade mode after any major file system changes, at least in part because of the need to update the cache files. I also always update modules and plugins, although never snippets since they may have changed their parameter usage and would break any snippet calls in my pages and templates. I update snippets one at a time manually later.

Ok, thanks everybody for the replies.
After investigating the upgrade process I concluded that is indeed best to follow the official paths.