XF 2.1 What to do with 1.5 plugins during update to 2.1?

[dethfire]

I have ID'd which ones have 2.1 versions. Is the best thing to do simply disable them and then I can upgrade them once 2.1 is installed and all should be well? I shouldn't need to uninstall them right?

 

[Paul B]

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[dethfire]

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Thanks, but I don't think that answers my question. For add-ons that have a 2x version, do I disable them before upgrading and update while disabled after the upgrade?

 

[Mike]

All add-ons are disabled when upgrading from 1.5. You can't re-enable legacy add-ons, so it'll sort itself out when you install the 2.x version of it.

 

[SeToY]

All add-ons are disabled when upgrading from 1.5. You can't re-enable legacy add-ons, so it'll sort itself out when you install the 2.x version of it.

Thanks for your clarification. I've just read - in a different forum - that uninstalling existing legacy add-ons in 2.x does not work flawlessly and might leave data and/or files behind. Is that true?

So the best course of action would be to:

• Close forum
• Make backup
• Update from 1.5 to 2.x (in my case 2.1)

[...]
and what then? Can I "upgrade" add-ons from their 1.5 versions to compatible 2.1 versions just like I'd do when regularly updating my add-ons? Or do I have to install them side-by-side and transfer the data? If the latter and the statement above is true, this might leave my data corrupted when uninstalling the 1.5 version.

I assume this heavily depends on the add-ons and their author, but what is the recommended approach?
[...]

• Cleanup file system (removing /library folder, as I've read. either manually or through your provided add-on)
• Re-open forum

 

[Chris D]

It is correct that if you uninstall a legacy add-on in XF 2.x, this can leave data and database changes behind. The reason for that is because we cannot run any uninstallation code from the add-on because it is written for XF1 and that code cannot be run on XF2. If there are any add-ons that you 100% know you cannot use in XF2 and the data is not important (i.e. it cannot be migrated to another add-on) then it's actually best to uninstall those before upgrading to XF2 if you can.

For any installed add-ons when upgrading to XF2, they will be marked as "Legacy" and can be updated just as any normal add-on if there is a 2.x compatible version.

We'd recommend cleaning up the file system using our add-on.