Request for guidance to downgrade from Build 1353 to 1311

Many of us have problems with the current build 1353. While I believe engineers are heavily busy to work on resolving those bugs, I don’t want to wait longer for a fix or an official statement on timing. Hence, I would appreciate, if Roon could tell us the recommended steps to downgrade back to the stable build 1311.

Thanks, Stefan

Hi @Stefan_Mauron

Just a fellow user here. I don’t think there is a way to downgrade.

An alternative would be to go back to 1.8 which I believe is still available. :man_shrugging:

That’s exactly what I think too. However, if that is the case it would be appreciated, if Roon could tell us their plans on further releases.

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I think @AMT meant to say “I don’t think there’s a way to downgrade”.

And going back to 1.8 will force you to start your library from scratch as it can’t import current version databases.

For the future, just keep a good database backup track, download the respective new versions to disk and use those downloads to go back if you decide it’s needed for you.

From experience all I can say is that Roon management is not into sharing any plans they might have up their sleeve - unfortunately it seems more like a take-it-or-leave-it stance towards their customers - strong opinions and such …

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I am quite sure that, given the frequency of the current issues, the plan is

  • Analyze
  • Find problem
  • Fix
  • Test
  • Release

As far as I can tell from their comments on other threads, they are currently still at step 1.

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I‘m all good on what has been said so far. I fully understand, that problem solving might take time. But, why letting concerned user waiting for weeks, whereas provide a rollback plan to the latest stable version could solve it for many of us in the meantime?

Hence, what are my options to rollback?
I‘m also fine, if there is no such option. But then: Roon, please state it and talk to your users.

As I stated above.
I usually keep the last known good version of essential to me software in my downloads for just that reason.
That said, I haven’t got the last version of Roon, since I’m keeping LMS current for fallback reasons.

Good luck to you!

Thanks for the hint, but: why should I go back to 1.8? My question was how to go back to build 1311.

Every hint is welcomed.

Regards
Stefan

If you read further in that article it explains why downgrading is not supported other than in the special case of 2.0 > 1.8.

In a nutshell, you can’t.

However, you can do something to prevent automatic updates in future, and take steps to retain earlier versions. For instance, copying the app folder. Since I no longer have a MacBook, it’s possible this won’t work now.

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Ok, Thanks anyway

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