So when is it safe to upgrade, and from/to which version(s)?
this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2024
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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.
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
- 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:
Not sure about backports
Thanks, seems it's time to upgrade!
just did the jump fro. .5 to .8 today (for all of my 2 active users)
Heh, I upgraded from 0.19.5 to 0.19.8 today just to see this.
I don't even know in which version is my instance (Lemm.ee) I'd like that mobile clients showed up this value more easily (maybe they do but I am dumb, I use Summit, Voyager, Boost and the defunct Sync).
0.19.7
Sadly, I still don't see pictures being displayed on lemmy.cafe - perhaps that problem was unrelated, or the upgrade process isn't entirely finished yet.
Indeed, I raised in on the local community
That's one thing I really like about lemmy.ml compared to some other instances, it's always kept up to date. I'd host my own for myself but then it's just another thing I'm responsible for and I'd rather not.
The point of this post was to show that other large instances like lemmy.zip and dbzer0 updated the day of the release