4.5.0.v01 upgrade to 4.7.0.b02 issues

[Nachogor]

Hi remkonoteboom!
We are using Tactic with our own Template since a couple of years, and I´m working in moving from 4.5 to 4.7 right now. Everything seems to be working ok and it seems some stuff were we had bugs happening are working ok in 4.7. Is there any reason for us too to wait for 4.8?
Will 4.8 work with Python 2.7 or only 3 and on?

Thanks!!
Nacho

[listy]

Hi remkonoteboom!
We are using Tactic with our own Template since a couple of years, and I´m working in moving from 4.5 to 4.7 right now. Everything seems to be working ok and it seems some stuff were we had bugs happening are working ok in 4.7. Is there any reason for us too to wait for 4.8?
Will 4.8 work with Python 2.7 or only 3 and on?

Thanks!!
Nacho

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[Nachogor]

Thanks Listy!

[remkonoteboom]

Listy is correct. The biggest noticeable change for users will be in 4.8 as we have moved to a Bootstrap Material Design base for the interface. This changes quite a lot in the interface.

A summary:

4.7 was our port to Python 3, however, we will continue to maintain support for Python 2.7. Basically, it really doesn't impact much how we program as we have figure out mostly how to program so that both will work. If you do find any Python 2.7 issues, please report them as they are pretty easy to fix. There was also the introduction of a new security mechanism for communication with the TACTIC server, however, this won't affect you too much just yet.

4.8: as I mentioned, the UI base is different so a number of things will look different. We are also making an effort to get the VFX module working with 4.8 as smoothly as possible. This update should bring the overall interface to have a more modern feel as the old one was starting to really look dated.

It would be great if people tried out the VFX module on 4.8 and start making suggestions as to what we can do to make it better. I am sure there are a lot of things that can be done to make it much better as the module itself is getting quite old.

[Nachogor]

Hi Remko!

I'm a VFX guy who have created our own set of templates within Tactic but have not a great idea of Linux and Python. I can try to install 4.8 over 4.7 VM Version to test the VFX Plugins, where should I look to upgrade 4.7 VM version to 4.8? Just downloaded Github 4.8 zip.

Thanks!!!
Nacho

[remkonoteboom]

There is some documentation on upgrading TACTIC found here:

http://community.southpawtech.com/docs/s...de-tactic/

It's a little old, but it describes how to do it.

Alternatively, you can clone a git repository instead of using the zip. We do this in development when we want to change versions a lot.

https://github.com/Southpaw-TACTIC/TACTIC.git

This has the advantage that you can jump between versions. In general, this should be possible to jump between versions as we really only add columns so there are no mismatches (the newer versions will make use of any new columns).

However, I just noticed when trying it out that a VFX project in 4.8 cannot go back to 4.7 due cached class error. I will look at this. This is usually where it will break, if for some reason a view using a class that is not defined in an older version.

[Nachogor]

Thanks Remko!

I failed in something, and receive a 503 Service Unavailable. I think I was unable to update de DB correctly.
Will let you know if I can do it.

Cheers!
Nacho