Follow the instructions below to upgrade from Etudes Jforum 2.7.1 to Etudes Jforum 2.8.1.

1. Get the source

Get the JForum 2.8.1 source and place it at sakai source folder. To get JForum from Sakai Contrib SVN, issue the below SVN commands from your Sakai source folder:

svn co https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/etudes/sakai-jforum/tags/2.8.1 etudes-jforum

2. Database Conversion

a. Existing Etudes Jforum MySQL database users

• Database conversion: Run the conversion script located at
  jforum-tool/src/webapp/WEB-INF/config/database/conversion/jforum_2_7_1-2_8_1_mysql_conversion.sql

b. Existing Etudes JForum Oracle database users

• Database conversion: Run the conversion script located at
  jforum-tool/src/webapp/WEB-INF/config/database/conversion/jforum_2_7_1-2_8_1_oracle_conversion.sql

3. Configure, Build and Deploy JForum-Sakai

Follow steps # 3, 4, 5 in Install Guide to build and deploy

Questions?

Contact sakai-dev@collab.sakaiproject.org or dev@etudes.org