[ZendTo] ANNOUNCE: New production release 6.13

[Elston, Ian]

Thanks Jules

I was afraid you were going to say that.
We have become kind of wedded to the name, though, so after kicking it about I think we're going to build a new server behind the NLB, use the 2 week break over Christmas and then switch over to the new server in the new year. 

And then try and keep the new one more up to date....


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Ian Elston
The University of Bolton
http://www.bolton.ac.uk

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Subject: Re: [ZendTo] ANNOUNCE: New production release 6.13

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Hi Ian,

If you're running something that old, my advice would be to start from scratch and launch a replacement service.

The DB structure has had a lot added to it since 4.x, moving that across to 6.13 is not going to be trivial. ZendTo itself will attempt to add the missing fields for you automatically (if you're using SQLite, which you might not be!), but I don't think I would rely on the end result for production use.

Come up with a new name for the service (you know you don't have to call it ZendTo at all), and launch a new one.
Just keep the old one up until the drop-offs expire, so that previously issued links to files still work.

Sorry if that's not the news you wanted to hear, but it will save you lots of time and trouble in the long run.

Cheers,
Jules.


On 02/11/2022 3:12 pm, Elston, Ian wrote:


	
	Does anyone have an Idiot's Guide (in very simple terms for a linux novice), fleshing out the bones of the simple statement on https://zend.to/upgrade "you can then copy across your existing database and drop-offs" 
	
	Current version is 4.something I think, on an old ubuntu version.  
	
	
	I know, I know....
	
	
	
	
	
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	Ian Elston
	The University of Bolton
	http://www.bolton.ac.uk
	
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	Subject: [ZendTo] ANNOUNCE: New production release 6.13
	
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	Hi all,
	
	After a very long wait, I have just released a new production release of ZendTo, 6.13-1.
	
	The improvements over the previous version are relatively minor, but importantly include updates to all the libraries and dependencies, which fixes a few security vulnerabilities in them.
	
	The ZendTo Installer should now also handle Ubuntu 22, RedHat 9 and Rocky 9 correctly.
	
	And the "upgrade" command now also checks for more configuration settings in Apache than it did, to help ensure you're running a more secure server. It's quite talkative, so you'll see it do it.
	
	As ever, more details in the Change Log at https://zend.to/changelog <https://zend.to/changelog> <https://zend.to/changelog>  .
	Downloads are available from https://zend.to/downloads <https://zend.to/downloads> <https://zend.to/downloads>  .
	
	Please report any problems / issues / questions / suggestions as soon as possible.
	
	Thanks all for your patience!
	
	Jules
	


Jules

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