From d90e586c858dbd0fffafa41c4fe9efca3559359f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Hodgson Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 16:56:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] spell out that upgrading is just installing over the top --- README.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index f5d2b0af3..87e0d7c63 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ Upgrading an existing homeserver IMPORTANT: Before upgrading an existing homeserver to a new version, please refer to UPGRADE.rst for any additional instructions. +Otherwise, simply re-install the new codebase over the current one - e.g. +by ``pip install --user --process-dependency-links +https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master`` +if using pip, or by ``git pull`` if running off a git working copy. + Setting up Federation =====================