I have some code using an older version of Drake, and I'd like to upgrade to a much newer version.
How should I proceed?
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For the quickest but most informative way to upgrade, you should incrementally upgrade across releases that are 3 months or less apart:
https://drake.mit.edu/release_notes/release_notes.html
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For stable public API that needs to be removed, we try to mark old API as deprecated for about a 3-month period; these deprecations should include warnings that direct you towards newer API (or alternatives). In C++, this should show up as a build or runtime warning. In Python code, it should show up as a runtime warning. In Bazel code, it should show up during build process.
At present (2021-04), Drake releases on a monthly cadence, so generally you just need to skip 3 minor versions.
Eric Cousineau
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