Bugfixes for older versions of Web2Py?

[Bruno Heremans]

Something I didn't find in the documentation: are important bugfixes applied to older versions? 

Bugfixes don't need to be applied to ALL other versions, but going back 1 or 2 minor versions would be nice. When a Web2Py environment is fully integrated, updating the core is usually something that takes time... 

Is there an agreement or a rule on this? 

[villas]

You should update to the latest version. 

In my experience, trying to do anything else will, in the long term, waste more time and effort (and be insecure).

One of the main features of web2py is that it is backward-compatible. 

[Dave S]

And upgrading is simple, just unzipping or git-ing the new version. If you're nervous, set up a new directory, and copy your files to it, then switch your config to point to the new dir.

/dps