upgrade path guaranteed
o Apache version 1.3.x or 2.x (http://httpd.apache.org)
- with mod_perl -- (http://perl.apache.org)
- or with FastCGI -- (http://www.fastcgi.com)
- or other webserver with FastCGI support
+ with FastCGI -- (http://www.fastcgi.com)
+ or mod_perl -- (http://perl.apache.org)
+ or another webserver with FastCGI support
RT's FastCGI handler needs to access RT's configuration file.
If you are upgrading from a previous version of RT, please review
the upgrade notes for the appropriate versions, which can be found
in docs/UPGRADING-* If you are coming from 4.0.x to 4.2.x you should
- review both the UPGRADING-4.0 and UPGRADING-4.2 file. Similarly, if
- you were coming from 3.8.x, you would want to review UPGRADING-3.8,
- UPGRADING-4.0 and UPGRADING-4.2
+ review both the UPGRADING-4.0 and UPGRADING-4.2 files. Similarly, if
+ you were coming from 3.8.x, you would want to review the UPGRADING-3.8,
+ UPGRADING-4.0 and UPGRADING-4.2 documents.
Any upgrade steps given in version-specific UPGRADING files should
be run after the rest of the steps below; however, please read the
- relevant documentation before beginning the upgrade, soas to be
+ relevant documentation before beginning the upgrade, so as to be
aware of important changes.
RT stores the arguments given to ./configure at the top of the
You should back up your database before running this command.
When you run it, you will be prompted for your previous version of
- RT (such as 3.8.1) so that the appropriate set of database
+ RT (such as 4.0.23) so that the appropriate set of database
upgrades can be applied.
If 'make upgrade-database' completes without error, your upgrade
perldoc /opt/rt4/bin/rt-mailgate
+11) Set up automatic backups for RT and its data as described in
+ the docs/backups.pod document.
+
GETTING HELP
------------
<sales@bestpractical.com> to discuss rates and availability.
-MAILING LISTS AND WIKI
-----------------------
+COMMUNITY FORUM AND WIKI
+------------------------
To keep up to date on the latest RT tips, techniques and extensions, you
-may wish to join the rt-users mailing list. Send a message to:
-
- rt-users-request@lists.bestpractical.com
-
-with the body of the message consisting of only the word:
+may wish to join the RT Community Forum website. You can find it here:
- subscribe
+ https://forum.bestpractical.com
-If you're interested in hacking on RT, you'll want to subscribe to
-<rt-devel@lists.bestpractical.com>. Subscribe to it with instructions
-similar to those above. Address questions about the stable release to
-the rt-users list, and questions about the development version to the
-rt-devel list.
+You'll find many different categories of discussion there including the
+RT Users category for general RT topics. If you're interested
+in customizing RT code, there is a category for RT Developers with more
+technical topics.
-The RT wiki, at http://requesttracker.wikia.com/ , is also a potential
+The RT wiki, at https://rt-wiki.bestpractical.com, is also a potential
resource.
email to <security@bestpractical.com> with a detailed description of the
issue, and a secure means to respond to you (such as your PGP public
key). You can find our PGP key and fingerprint at
-http://bestpractical.com/security/
+https://bestpractical.com/security/
BUGS
RT's a pretty complex application, and as you get up to speed, you might
run into some trouble. Generally, it's best to ask about things you run
-into on the rt-users mailinglist (or pick up a commercial support
+into on the Community Forum (or pick up a commercial support
contract from Best Practical). But, sometimes people do run into
bugs. In the exceedingly unlikely event that you hit a bug in RT, please
report it! We'd love to hear about problems you have with RT, so we can
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