Apt upgrade or brand new install?

[Gordon_Geist]

Trying to plan my next “apt-upgrade”:

have 2.0.0.201612212344 openhab core. openhab2-offline

If I understand correctly I have to update the repository:

Replacement of the Apt Snapshot Repository

This thread is since outdated. The openHAB snapshots/unstable builds have once again moved to a less restricted repository. The announcement below is superseded. To always find the latest installation instructions, please consult the official documentation. The following article will always be up to date: http://docs.openhab.org/installation/linux.html#package-repository-installation All, good news but also a breaking change for the “snapshot apt repository” users: From now on the openHAB …

export all of my things/items:

Replacement of mapdb by jsondb

It would basically have the same limits as the JSON storage for supporting annotation with comments – the (de)serializer would have to read and write them in the correct places, and I doubt that would be good for resource consumption (processor, memory). There’s a lot you can do in your own .things, .items, .cfg files, which all support comments.

backup all of my manually entered sitemaps etc:

New folder structure

Since today’s snapshot build #579, you will notice that files have been moved around (see details here), so you might have some hick-ups doing upgrades from previous snapshots (the apt package most likely does not yet work for an apt upgrade, sorry for that). The good news is: The new folder layout should solve many issues in future regarding the upgrade process. All configuration that is stored in OSGi ConfigAdmin (e.g. settings that are done through Paper UI) are not lost anymore as they are …

then apt-upgrade and pray nothing breaks then “import” the elements backed up above?

Does this not sound like a brand new install and manual configuration as it looks to me like pretty much everything that is user configured is impacted.

[ThomDietrich]

Hey, if you are indeed on “20161221” most of these things are not needed. You should simply be able to upgrade after switching the repository.
However: One more change to the repository is in the pipeline. You can just as well wait for 1-2 more days. There will be yet another announcement. You could also just wait till the end of January to upgrade straight to openHAB 2.0 final release.

[Gordon_Geist]

Awesome advice - I’ll spend the time on finishing my bedside ESP8266/MQTT/DHT22/OLED alarm clock/openhab interface.