From bb9611bd46c77252e7ecf3ef90251cf4cd2f446e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Haines Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:08:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add generic update instructions to UPGRADE.rst and add link to them from the README.rst --- README.rst | 11 ++++------- UPGRADE.rst | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 5ff53f2df..b01d693a4 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -362,14 +362,11 @@ This should end with a 'PASSED' result:: Upgrading an existing Synapse ============================= -IMPORTANT: Before upgrading an existing synapse to a new version, please -refer to UPGRADE.rst for any additional instructions. - -Otherwise, simply re-install the new codebase over the current one - e.g. -by ``pip install --process-dependency-links -https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master`` -if using pip, or by ``git pull`` if running off a git working copy. +The instructions for upgrading synapse are in `UPGRADE.rst`_. +Please check these instructions as upgrading may require extra steps for some +versions of synapse. +.. _UPGRADE.rst: UPGRADE.rst Setting up Federation ===================== diff --git a/UPGRADE.rst b/UPGRADE.rst index d98460f64..a82dabbd3 100644 --- a/UPGRADE.rst +++ b/UPGRADE.rst @@ -1,3 +1,36 @@ +Upgrading Synapse +================= + +Before upgrading check if any special steps are required to upgrade from the +what you currently have installed to current version of synapse. The extra +instructions that may be required are listed later in this document. + +If you installed synapse in a virtualenv then active that virtualenv before +upgrading. If synapse is installed in a virtualenv in ``~/.synapse/`` then run: + +.. code:: bash + + source ~/.synapse/bin/activate + +If you installed synapse using pip then upgrade to the latest version by +running: + +.. code:: bash + + pip install --upgrade --process-dependency-links https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master + +If you installed synapse using git then upgrade to the latest version by +running: + +.. code:: bash + + # Pull the latest version of the master branch. + git pull + # Update the versions of synapses python dependencies. + python synapse/python_dependencies.py | xargs -n1 pip install + + + Upgrading to v0.9.0 =================== From fd88ea19c0702d970af3a737a094234be1809b9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Haines Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:12:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Tweak the wording a bit --- UPGRADE.rst | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/UPGRADE.rst b/UPGRADE.rst index a82dabbd3..35a0333a7 100644 --- a/UPGRADE.rst +++ b/UPGRADE.rst @@ -5,28 +5,28 @@ Before upgrading check if any special steps are required to upgrade from the what you currently have installed to current version of synapse. The extra instructions that may be required are listed later in this document. -If you installed synapse in a virtualenv then active that virtualenv before +If synapse was installed in a virtualenv then active that virtualenv before upgrading. If synapse is installed in a virtualenv in ``~/.synapse/`` then run: .. code:: bash source ~/.synapse/bin/activate -If you installed synapse using pip then upgrade to the latest version by +If synapse was installed using pip then upgrade to the latest version by running: .. code:: bash pip install --upgrade --process-dependency-links https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master -If you installed synapse using git then upgrade to the latest version by +If synapse was installed using git then upgrade to the latest version by running: .. code:: bash # Pull the latest version of the master branch. git pull - # Update the versions of synapses python dependencies. + # Update the versions of synapse's python dependencies. python synapse/python_dependencies.py | xargs -n1 pip install