Documentation for JIRA 4.4. Documentation for other versions of JIRA is available too.
This page contains specific information you need to know when upgrading to JIRA 3.4 from JIRA 3.3.3. If upgrading from an older version of JIRA, please read the Upgrade Guide for each version your are skipping during the upgrade. The complete list of Upgrade Guides is available here.
Two major new features of JIRA 3.4, wiki renderer previews, and issue types per project require that javascript be enabled to make use of their full functionality. You will still be able to use all the core features of JIRA with javascript disabled.
When upgrading JIRA please follow the general upgrade instructions keeping in mind the information below.
jira-application.properties
file from your old JIRA installation. Edit the file that is shipped with JIRA 3.4 and make needed changes. New properties have been added to this file so if you simply copy the old file across the following error would occur JRA-8645.This section contains specific information you need to know when upgrading to JIRA 3.4.1 from JIRA 3.4. If upgrading from JIRA 3.3.3 please read the previous section as well. If upgrading from an older version than JIRA 3.3.3, please read the Upgrade Guide for each version your are skipping during the upgrade. The complete list of Upgrade Guides is available here.
When upgrading JIRA please follow the general upgrade instructions keeping in mind the information below.
jira-application.properties
file from your old JIRA installation. Edit the file that is shipped with JIRA 3.4 and make needed changes. New properties have been added to this file so if you simply copy the old file across the following error would occur JRA-8645.com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.CustomFieldType
interface directly rather than extending one of the Abstract classes that ship with JIRA please read Upgrading Custom Field Types in JIRA 3.4.1.