From 55a63b6210824ed971eecb5663f27f1d4e0080cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mishaschwartz <4380924+mishaschwartz@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:41:52 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] add migration guide to docs [skip ci] --- docs/source/index.rst | 1 + docs/source/migration_guide.rst | 121 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 122 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/source/migration_guide.rst diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst index 5706c95b..bd41a494 100644 --- a/docs/source/index.rst +++ b/docs/source/index.rst @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Contents: birdhouse/components/README birdhouse/optional-components/README data_catalog + migration_guide contributing changes diff --git a/docs/source/migration_guide.rst b/docs/source/migration_guide.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..671fd9cd --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/migration_guide.rst @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +.. contents:: + +Migration Guide +=============== + +Version 2.4 +----------- + +Version 2.4 renames files and variables that included the string PAVICS. + +For historical reasons the name PAVICS was used in variable names, constants and filenames in this repo to refer to +the software stack in general. This was because, for a long time, the PAVICS deployment of this stack was the only one +that was being used in production. However, now that multiple deployments of this software exist in production (that are +not named PAVICS), we remove unnecessary references to PAVICS in order to reduce confusion for maintainers and developers +who may not be aware of the historical reasons for the PAVICS name. + +To upgrade to version 2.4 from an earlier version, please follow these steps: + + - Update ``env.local`` file to replace all variables that contain ``PAVICS`` with ``BIRDHOUSE``. + Variable names have also been updated to ensure that they start with the prefix ``BIRDHOUSE_``. + * see `birdhouse/env.local.example `_ (:download:`download `_ (:download:`download