From 27ef04bb5c3118e00d3eda4b3aa3201d18ea1785 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emmanuel Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:33:30 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #28349 -- Doc'd how to upgrade Django from LTS to LTS. --- docs/howto/upgrade-version.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/howto/upgrade-version.txt b/docs/howto/upgrade-version.txt index 9f433094b1..c495bd79e5 100644 --- a/docs/howto/upgrade-version.txt +++ b/docs/howto/upgrade-version.txt @@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ the new Django version(s): Pay particular attention to backwards incompatible changes to get a clear idea of what will be needed for a successful upgrade. +If you're upgrading through more than one feature version (e.g. A.B to A.B+2), +it's usually easier to upgrade through each feature release incrementally +(A.B to A.B+1 to A.B+2) rather than to make all the changes for each feature +release at once. For each feature release, use the latest patch release (A.B.C). + +The same incremental upgrade approach is recommended when upgrading from one +LTS to the next. + Dependencies ============