Re: [galaxy-dev] Keeping Galaxy up to date

-- Thomas Bellembois, Network and System Administrator, IGFL (France) http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/thomas.bellembois - +33 4 26 73 13 67 (IGFL internal IT doc: http://itdoc.igfl.ens-lyon.fr/itdoc) On 09/09/2014 12:55, Sebastian Schaaf wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > We had this topic at the GCC this year, especially within the Galaxy > Admins BoF. The truth is (please correct me anyone if this is not the case > anymore!) that you are touching an unresolved point. Keeping track of > tools, settings etc. across the versions is not given. People have their > 'home-brew' solutions for this, e.g. keeping a (maybe virtual) machine in > spare in order to invest several hours up to some days to test (with or > without participation of the users) applicability to local > constraints/histories/workflow/tools. The more testing is automated and > the less users (or non-default pieces) the faster the update procedure can > be. But there are also instances which did not receive updates for months > or even years. > > On our side we will be facing reality within the next two weeks as we > really need the update. Although preconditions are pretty good (few users, > not that deep modifications, high grade of automation) we expect some > issues. happy to have a virtualized environment... > > To wrap up my answer in a nutshell: no, there is no best practice guide > and no migration tool, but every single contribution is warmly welcome :). > > It would be *very* interesting how updates are handled at Galaxy Main...? > > Cheers, > > Sebastian > (very interested in further feedback) > > >> Hello, >> >> I try to keep our Galaxy instance up to date. >> Very often, some tools disappear and other do not work anymore. This >> breaks some users workflows. >> >> I may miss something. Is there a "best update pratice" to keep a Galaxy >> instance and the tool-sheds fully functionnal ? >> >> Regards, >> >> Thomas >> >> -- >> Thomas Bellembois, Network and System Administrator, IGFL (France) >> http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/thomas.bellembois - +33 4 26 73 13 67 >> (IGFL internal IT doc: http://itdoc.igfl.ens-lyon.fr/itdoc) >> ___________________________________________________________ >> Please keep all replies on the list by using "reply all" >> in your mail client. To manage your subscriptions to this >> and other Galaxy lists, please use the interface at: >> http://lists.bx.psu.edu/ >> >> To search Galaxy mailing lists use the unified search at: >> http://galaxyproject.org/search/mailinglists/ >> > >