Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days ago7.6% of Lemmy servers are already running 0.19.8, released yesterdayfedidb.orgexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.worldfediverse@lemmy.worldfediverse@hilariouschaos.comfediverse@lemmy.world
arrow-up1286arrow-down1external-link7.6% of Lemmy servers are already running 0.19.8, released yesterdayfedidb.orgBlaze (he/him)@feddit.org to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.worldfediverse@lemmy.worldfediverse@hilariouschaos.comfediverse@lemmy.world
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoSo when is it safe to upgrade, and from/to which version(s)?
minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·4 days agoI’ve become a fan of staying one version behind for a month or two, unless there’s a security issue that is involved in which case I’ll patch. I like it when someone who isn’t me finds out the catastrophic breaking issues and has to do the cleanup, and I’ll wait for the fixed version. :P
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoMe too. This is also fueled by the fact that there are no admin tools for announcing releases, and you can’t set notifications for any new message in a community, and the releases are announced in a community.
minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoHead to the lemmy github and subscribe to the releases email and you’ll get one when a new version is out. (And, unlike SOME projects I’m subbed to, they don’t do anything that generates a ton of spam, so it really is just one-email-per-release.)
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThat is good to know, Thanks.
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYou can pin a post instance wide
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThis doesn’t help an admin of an instance to identify that a new release has occurred, though.
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoAh, misread your question. The other comment with the email from the Github should address your question.
minus-squareNothing4You@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago@fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com there’s also rss feeds for communities
minus-squareiso@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 days agoDue to unpleasant experiences, not the first day :)
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-24 days agoPeople who were there for 0.19.4 remember 😅 But this one seems quite stable, it is a fix for 0.19.7, so hopefully no bug
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoYa, my whole server was in a bad mood after 19.4. I’m on 19.5 which one should I go with (I mean if 19.6 had problems there is maybe a 19.6.1 right?)?
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoNo, it’s directly 0.19.6, then .7 and .8
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoSo you’d recommend the 19.7 as a bugfree stable version?
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days ago0.19.8 is the bugfix for 0.19.7. You can wait a few days to see if 0.19.8 has bugs
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYes that’s the theory 😊 but I heard icons or something doesn’t work well on 19.7… Do they do backports?
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoThere used to be an issue on thumbnails for some instances https://lemmy.cafe/?dataType=Post&listingType=All&sort=TopDay vs https://sopuli.xyz/?dataType=Post&listingType=All&sort=TopDay But on the other hand, some instances on 0.19.7 were doing fine: https://lemm.ee/?dataType=Post&listingType=All&sort=TopDay Not sure about backports
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoSee my other comment: https://feddit.org/post/5681514/3636860
So when is it safe to upgrade, and from/to which version(s)?
I’ve become a fan of staying one version behind for a month or two, unless there’s a security issue that is involved in which case I’ll patch.
I like it when someone who isn’t me finds out the catastrophic breaking issues and has to do the cleanup, and I’ll wait for the fixed version. :P
Me too. This is also fueled by the fact that there are no admin tools for announcing releases, and you can’t set notifications for any new message in a community, and the releases are announced in a community.
Head to the lemmy github and subscribe to the releases email and you’ll get one when a new version is out.
(And, unlike SOME projects I’m subbed to, they don’t do anything that generates a ton of spam, so it really is just one-email-per-release.)
That is good to know, Thanks.
You can pin a post instance wide
This doesn’t help an admin of an instance to identify that a new release has occurred, though.
Ah, misread your question. The other comment with the email from the Github should address your question.
@fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com there’s also rss feeds for communities
Due to unpleasant experiences, not the first day :)
People who were there for 0.19.4 remember 😅
But this one seems quite stable, it is a fix for 0.19.7, so hopefully no bug
Ya, my whole server was in a bad mood after 19.4.
I’m on 19.5 which one should I go with (I mean if 19.6 had problems there is maybe a 19.6.1 right?)?
No, it’s directly 0.19.6, then .7 and .8
So you’d recommend the 19.7 as a bugfree stable version?
0.19.8 is the bugfix for 0.19.7. You can wait a few days to see if 0.19.8 has bugs
Yes that’s the theory 😊 but I heard icons or something doesn’t work well on 19.7…
Do they do backports?
There used to be an issue on thumbnails for some instances
But on the other hand, some instances on 0.19.7 were doing fine:
Not sure about backports
See my other comment: https://feddit.org/post/5681514/3636860