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non_burglar@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI’ve been using NC for about the same amount of time and I will say I’m no longer as happy with it as I once was, primarily because it’s a mess of PHP, gum and popsicle sticks held together by me going in there every 3 upgrades to fix ‘occ missing indices’, add a sql table or some such error.
The caldav integration did allow me to break free from google some more, and it works well, but I’ve since moved file sync to syncthing and I’m looking for a standalone caldav solution.
suzune@ani.social 1 week ago
What’s wrong with following the official upgrade procedure? Don’t complain about missing tables or indices then.
The most important thing is that the software does not break and you can maneuver out of every bad situation. This is important for self-hosting.
I don’t care if it’s PHP. Many good things are written in PHP. I find Python and Ruby much worse for web applications. Not because of the language, but because it’s hard to maneuver out of some situations.
That said I didn’t have many problems with Nextcloud. The only thing I criticize is that it solves too many problems at once.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m not sure what gave you the impression I don’t follow the official procedure, I do follow the official upgrade procedure, and always have through its many stupid iterations for the last 8 years.
Example error, from last week:
Devs did not test with NC instances created before v21.x, so the SQL db is broken when going through the official upgrade if your nc has tge old structure and I had to manually modify it to work.
This kind of shit happens about twice a year. Mind you, this exact literal thing happened from v18.x to 19.x also, you’d think they has learned their lesson.
suzune@ani.social 1 week ago
So you seriously expect an upgrade from major version 20 or less to major version 31 going well?
It’s like upgrading from Windows 3.1 to Windows 11.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You misread that.
The database was from prior to 21.x, because installed NC 8 years ago at v14 and have upgraded since then. I’ve been upgrading the same system since late 2016.
Stop picking fights with strangers.