Keeping up-to-date: Compiere migration

One of the benefits of the Compiere environment is that migration to an upgraded or latest version is a relatively seamless and safe process.

What is migration?

Migration is the process of moving from one version of Compiere to another version (usually the latest version). This move involves the data and application dictionary definitions, as well as the source code. In other words, it's moving from Compiere 3.1 to 3.6 or interim releases such as 3.61. What this means is that Compiere Inc. maintains and generally supports only the latest version of Compiere. The requirement is that the older versions have to migrate to the latest version for up-to-date support.

Due to the experiences of many traditional systems, there may be consensus of Don't touch the system once it is working. This response is due either to the fear of losing customizations or extensions or to the cost of re-writing customizations, and sadly many professional consultants would even...