[horde] How to upgrade - was: Horde 5.0.0alpha1

[Brent]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Zitat von Brent <impuser at bitrealm.com>:
>
>> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>
>>> Zitat von Götz Reinicke <goetz.reinicke at filmakademie.de>:
>>>
>>>> Am 06.07.12 00:37, schrieb Jan Schneider:
>>>>> The Horde Team is pleased to announce the first alpha release of  
>>>>> the Horde
>>>>> Application Framework version 5.0.0.
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> one more thing... is there also a plan for releasing an webmail edition?
>>>
>>> Of course, but only after the apps have stabilized.
>>>
>>>> Or what would be the best practice solution for testing H5? (All Docs
>>>> currently describe updating / installing up to H4.x)
>>>
>>> The same rules apply.
>>>
>>>> I do have a H4 webmail installation up and running on a test system
>>>> which could be blown up, so I can nearly do anything I like to.
>>>>
>>>> But an pear upgrade -a -B horde/webmail would be very nice ;)
>>>
>>> pear -d preferred_state=alpha upgrade -a -B -c horde
>>> -- 
>>
>> Anyway to have a parallel installation?  I'd run it to a different  
>> mysql database since I assume there are many schema changes and I  
>> don't want to break the current version.  I'd like to kick the  
>> tires on the new release but I don't have a spare system handy.
>
> You could do this if you are very experienced with Horde and you  
> know what you are doing. We develop several versions on the same  
> system at the same time. But without a spare system or trying that  
> on a cloned VM, I wouldn't recommend it for less experienced users.
> -- 
> Jan Schneider

Prior to the php install method, I had the beta and production  
versions installed, each pointing to their own mysql database.  Wasn't  
hard at all.  If there's a quickie "howto" somewhere, I'm sure I can  
figure it out.  I assume you need a new php installation directory, or  
someway to install new horde php stuff without clobbering the  
production stuff.  From there, just point the alpha horde to an  
imported copy of the production mysql, have it upgrade the db, then  
bob is your uncle.  Set apache to the new horde directory and begin  
kicking tires.

brent