Applying changes to add-ons
Most add-ons that are available on GitHub are subject to change and do not follow the rules that Odoo enforces for its stable release. They may receive bug fixes or enhancements, including issues or feature requests that you have submitted, and these changes may introduce database schema changes or updates in data files and views. This recipe explains how to install the updated versions.
Getting ready
Suppose you reported an issue with partner_contact_gender
and received a notification that the issue was solved in the last revision of the 17.0
branch of the partner-contact
project. In this case, you would want to update your instance with this latest version.
How to do it…
To apply a source modification to your add-on from GitHub, you need to perform the following steps:
- Stop the instance using that add-on.
- Make a backup if it is a production instance (refer to the Managing Odoo server databases recipe in Chapter 1, Installing...