I never found any precise documentation about updating (not upgrading) steps on drupal.org,
even if it's (finally) easy to achieve.
just a few word about maintenance mode and settings.php could be valuables for newbies (as I am) :-)

another great thing would be to know if a db update is necessary to achieve between a X.x and a X.x2 versions.

for example, can someone confirm that a 6.5 to 6.6 update has no db update ?
thanks and sorry for my strange english or if I missed some of the documentation pages.

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vm’s picture

vm commented
Status: Active » Fixed

there is an upgrade.txt file in every drupal tar ball.

There is documentation and forum threads regarding this. Many of which I myself answered.
There are videos as well = http://drupal.org/handbook/customization/videocasts

after updating your files, administer -> status report will alert you if you need to update your database. Beyond that, running update.php , even if it didn't need it doesn't hurt. It won't do much of anything.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.