Dear all,
The project that I'm work on, is on PB 2022 R2 build 2819 and this is the build that we are going to deploy the product to production, I was surprised that this version vanished from the bootstrapper (attached).
How can developer download and install the 2819 version? and more than that, should I use the 2819 for production at all? my time table is limited.
What is the recommendation?
Many thanks
Amit
Many thanks for this
What is the best practice in terms of deployment to production? to stick with the 2819?
There are the known issues at: https://docs.appeon.com/pb/release_bulletin_for_pb/Build-2819-Known-Issues.html
Thanks again
Amit
1. Deploy with a long-term support version because they tend to be the most stable builds and also receive minimum 5 years of support. PB 2022 R3 is long-term support version; the version you are using is NOT a long-term support version.
2. Upgrade to the latest build/maintenance release of the long-term support version, especially if those issues affect your project.
3. Review the system requirements for the version to make sure you are compatible. https://docs.appeon.com/pb/release_bulletin_for_pb/Build-3289-system-requirements.html
4. Review the known issues for the version to make sure those are acceptable, and if not consider workaround or delay the upgrade: https://docs.appeon.com/pb/release_bulletin_for_pb/Build-3289-Known-Issues.html
5. Follow the PowerBuilder upgrade guide for making any necessary changes to your code (this is absolutely mandatory and not just a best practice). https://docs.appeon.com/pb/upgrading_pb_apps/index.html
6. Thoroughly test your application. This is very important and unfortunately many people do not or can not follow this best practice.
7. Have a roll-back strategy in place in case there is major issue affecting production. You roll back to last known working version.