From 206356728c2798f47f5436cf42f5e6b216520015 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phillip Webb Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 10:56:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add upgrading section to reference docs Add a section to the reference documentation with links to the release notes on the wiki. Closes gh-23529 --- .../src/main/asciidoc/documentation-overview.adoc | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/documentation-overview.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/documentation-overview.adoc index aa80aaf3c9..911c3a07c3 100644 --- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/documentation-overview.adoc +++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/documentation-overview.adoc @@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ If you find problems with the docs or if you want to improve them, please {sprin +[[boot-documentation-upgrading]] +== Upgrading from an Earlier Version +Instructions for how to upgrade from earlier versions of Spring Boot are provided on the project {github-wiki}[wiki]. +Follow the links in the in the {github-wiki}#release-notes[release notes] section to find the version that you want to upgrade to. + +Upgrading instructions are always the first item in the release notes. +If you are more than one release behind, please make sure that you also review the release notes of the versions that you jumped. + +You should always ensure that you are running a {github-wiki}/Supported-Versions[supported version] of Spring Boot. + + + [[boot-documentation-first-steps]] == First Steps If you are getting started with Spring Boot or 'Spring' in general, start with <>: