ratbox-services upgrade guide

IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM 1.0.x, YOU MUST READ THE DBMOVE FILE.

If you are upgrading between major version numbers (eg, 1.0.x -> 1.1.x), you should read doc/whats-new-VER.txt. This file will document the major changes between the versions.

When upgrading between versions, you should run the dbupgrade.pl script found in tools/. This script will output the list of database changes since a given version, for a given database schema.

Your database should only be upgraded after you have terminated the old version, but before you have started the new version.

This upgrade script only accounts for released versions, not for subversion copies.

This upgrade script *cannot* cope with moving between different database backends.

You should always run the upgrade script with your full version -- keeping any "beta", "rc" tags etc.

The script is run as:
./dbupgrade.pl <version> <schema>
Eg,
./dbupgrade.pl 1.0.3 sqlite

If you are upgrading from the 1.0.x series, you must read the DBMOVE file.