JIRA 6.1.6 Upgrade Notes
Important information for developers
'creator' column added to jiraissues table — A new
creator
field was introduced in JIRA 6.1.6, and will also be in JIRA 6.2 when it is released. This field was implemented as a column in thejiraissues
table in the JIRA database. Please note the following:- New JIRA 6.1.6 (or 6.2) instances: the
creator
field will be located after theassignee
column - Existing JIRA instances that are upgraded to 6.1.6 (or 6.2): the
creator
field will be inserted as the last column injiraissues
table
We strongly recommend that you do not rely on the order of columns in the tables of the JIRA database, but instead refer to the columns explicitly by name.
- New JIRA 6.1.6 (or 6.2) instances: the
Upgrading from JIRA 6.1 to 6.1.6
Follow the instructions in the general upgrading JIRA documentation.
Upgrading from JIRA 6.0.x and earlier
In addition to the above, please read the JIRA 6.1 Upgrade Notes and as well as Skipping Major Versions When Upgrading JIRA if you are skipping any major JIRA versions.