Document Upgrade Procedure

[RossBoylan]

Please document the appropriate upgrade procedure for a new release of julia. As far as I can tell, this information is not in the current documentation.

1. Do I need to uninstall the old version first?
2. What do I need to do to ensure the my code/projects/environments will continue to work?
3. Do I need to kill existing julia sessions first?

These are pretty basic questions; it would be very helpful to have readily available answers.

I suspect the answer may vary with the type of upgrade (major/minor/patch). I presume major or minor upgrades will require recreating environments unless the installer is clever. It may also depend on the OS or installation method.

There are various hints if you search, and the very last entry in the FAQ will help those who find it, and realize it is relevant to question 2 above.

[vtjnash]

The Discourse forum is a better place for getting help on usage questions. It'll be easier to answer your question over there, where there are better controls for message formatting and threading.

[RossBoylan]

While I'd love help, I filed a bug because I think the absence of documentation of upgrade procedures is a bug that should be corrected. Unless I've simply missed it.

[timholy]

Such documentation doesn't really belong in the language, it's more an issue for the website. Tranferring issue.

[RossBoylan]

Thanks. I looked for some kind of "report issues with the website to ..." at the bottom of the pages, but didn't see anything.