Update from v3.6.2 to v3.9.2

Auchtermuchty Weather

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Nov 3, 2019, 6:55:54 AM11/3/19

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I've not updated the Pi running Weewx for quite some time hence it's on what's now quite an old version, 3.6.2.

Are there any gotchas about upgrading to the latest version? I will of course take a backup first!

Auchtermuchty Weather

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Nov 3, 2019, 7:28:50 AM11/3/19

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Think doing some RTFM answered my question. It looks like I can install on top and run 'wee_database --update' and all should be well.

Maybe I should keep more up-to-date with new versions of WeeWx, not to mention new versions of Raspberian!

p q

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Nov 3, 2019, 10:47:24 AM11/3/19

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I am in a similar boat. I am running 3.5.0 on my site. I have put off upgrading it since it's running fine with no problems. I want to see if the newer version would cause problems if I upgraded so I created a virtual machine using Virtual Box and installed Raspian on it, put the latest Weewx and copied my custom skin and other files. It took some tweaking but it was fine.

I haven't made the jump to moving my main site to 3.9.x yet. I have been thinking of waiting for 4 but I could if I ran into some reason to upgrade. The thing that might make me upgrade is getting a better forecasting service. I was using WU but it stopped working and I switched to NWS. I might look into one of the others which might mean I upgrade.

Why do you want to upgrade? Unless you change skins you'll see no difference.

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Thomas Keffer

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Nov 3, 2019, 11:13:40 AM11/3/19

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No reason to upgrade unless you need the functionality of the newer versions. I have a station that is still running v2.6.2!

However, the Python consortium will no longer support Python 2.x as of 1 January 2020. I suspect operating system providers will begin dropping it from their distributions soon after. So, there will be a reason to upgrade to V4 sometime next year.

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Auchtermuchty Weather

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Nov 4, 2019, 4:21:42 AM11/4/19

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I want to try the Belchertown skin.

On Sunday, 3 November 2019 16:13:40 UTC, Thomas Keffer wrote:

No reason to upgrade unless you need the functionality of the newer versions. I have a station that is still running v2.6.2!

However, the Python consortium will no longer support Python 2.x as of 1 January 2020. I suspect operating system providers will begin dropping it from their distributions soon after. So, there will be a reason to upgrade to V4 sometime next year.

-tk

On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 7:47 AM p q <peterq...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am in a similar boat. I am running 3.5.0 on my site. I have put off upgrading it since it's running fine with no problems. I want to see if the newer version would cause problems if I upgraded so I created a virtual machine using Virtual Box and installed Raspian on it, put the latest Weewx and copied my custom skin and other files. It took some tweaking but it was fine.

I haven't made the jump to moving my main site to 3.9.x yet. I have been thinking of waiting for 4 but I could if I ran into some reason to upgrade. The thing that might make me upgrade is getting a better forecasting service. I was using WU but it stopped working and I switched to NWS. I might look into one of the others which might mean I upgrade.

Why do you want to upgrade? Unless you change skins you'll see no difference.

On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 4:28 AM Auchtermuchty Weather <shunr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Think doing some RTFM answered my question. It looks like I can install on top and run 'wee_database --update' and all should be well.

Maybe I should keep more up-to-date with new versions of WeeWx, not to mention new versions of Raspberian!

On Sunday, 3 November 2019 11:55:54 UTC, Auchtermuchty Weather wrote:
I've not updated the Pi running Weewx for quite some time hence it's on what's now quite an old version, 3.6.2.

Are there any gotchas about upgrading to the latest version? I will of course take a backup first!

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Auchtermuchty Weather

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Nov 20, 2019, 9:44:35 AM11/20/19

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Update was so easy, all I wanted was a wget command to bring the .tar.gz file down to the RPi - instead I copied it across from my PC. Shutdown at 13:43, a bit of thinking, copying & following instructions, restart at 13:59.

Now to try the Belchertown skin...

Auchtermuchty Weather

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Nov 20, 2019, 10:20:08 AM11/20/19

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It changed the units in my weewx.conf! I've changed them back but it was a bit annoying.

Thomas Keffer

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Nov 20, 2019, 11:04:31 AM11/20/19

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Always worth checking the Upgrade Guide first!

-tk

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