I have spent a significant amount of time configuring numerous jobs, complex multi jobs, and now even a series of pipelines within the Jenkins CI suite. I have backed up all of my job configurations (config.xml files).
My question relates to the Blue Ocean plugin[s]. When viewed in the plugin manager, the Blue Ocean plugin has the following warning:
Warning: This plugin requires dependent plugins be upgraded and at least one of these dependent plugins claims to use a different settings format than the installed version. Jobs using that plugin may need to be reconfigured, and/or you may not be able to cleanly revert to the prior version without manually restoring old settings. Consult the plugin release notes for details.
I am just wondering if there will be a significant reconfiguration process I will have to go through after installing this plugin. Will it change any of my existing jobs/multi-jobs/pipelines?
I have performed the upgrade and verified all of my existing jobs (including multi-jobs) remain unchanged/unaffected. The Blue Ocean plugins do not seem to alter existing job configurations at all.
For anyone who is apprehensive to install Blue Ocean because of these warnings, do not worry; it appears to be a harmless installation.