[Gnumed-devel] bootstraping v19 without starting from v2

[Sebastian Hilbert]

Hi,

I understand the concept of boostraping. I also understand the concept of 
upgrading databases from one version to the next version. The process seems to 
work for GNUmed.

Let's think about a new user who has never created a database. Going from db 
v2 to v19 (currently) is a process that should result in exactly the same 
outcome as restoring a proper dump of a v19 database and users.

Would it be possible to let a user *bootstrap* a v19 database or any later 
database if this is a first time installation  ? This would mean to combine all 
bootstrap step from previous upgrades into one step ?

Is there a technical issue why one would always go from v2 instead of starting 
off with v19 ? I would assume some refactoring would need to take place.

Given the relatively modest userbase I wonder if this could be attempted 
sooner then later.

Sebastian