Forum OpenACS Q&A: ArsDigitas acs-3-4-10-R20010211

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1: ArsDigitas acs-3-4-10-R20010211
Posted by Joe Amaral on 01/18/05 04:48 AM
Is there any upgrade process to go from ArsDigitas ACS v acs-3-4-10-R20010211 to OpenACS?

Thanks

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2: Re: ArsDigitas acs-3-4-10-R20010211 (response to 1)
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 01/18/05 08:10 AM
You might want to ask MIT Sloan and AIESEC / Azri. Both did the move up from ACES, which was based on ACS 3.4. All I can say, it ain't pretty, but you can do it.
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3: Re: ArsDigitas acs-3-4-10-R20010211 (response to 1)
Posted by Rocael Hernández Rizzardini on 01/18/05 02:07 PM
yes, but instead of upgrading, you migrate, with a set of scripts and mapping tables, you grab the data from the original database and put it in the new installation.
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4: Re: ArsDigitas acs-3-4-10-R20010211 (response to 1)
Posted by Jade Rubick on 01/18/05 07:41 PM
It's very difficult, but we did it. A lot depends on what packages of ACS you were using.
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5: Re: ArsDigitas acs-3-4-10-R20010211 (response to 1)
Posted by Harish Krishnan on 01/19/05 01:28 PM
We worked on migrating AIESEC.net which was running on (open)acs 3.x to dotlrn 1.0 /openacs 4.6.3. It was a migration of a huge system. The scripts were based on MIT sloan's scripts. A lot of changes and additions had to be done .. many AIESEC specific. IMHO it might actually make more sense to migrate directly to openacs 5.x , even the migration process would be easier as the system has better APIs.