Auto-update to new version

[milanm]

Its really hard to catch with new versions, as there are multiple things to be manually fixed in the every version. If you miss a few versions there is a lot of work to be done. Consider making some updater to automatically update to new versions when they are released.

[gcushen]

I sympathise that the upgrade process could be made simpler and more intuitive.

We already have release notes which take quite a bit of time and effort to edit and keep up-to-date, especially given Academic is a very flexible framework - so we attempt to consider a unified upgrade path that can work for many different setups and configurations.

Unfortunately, although Academic is extremely popular, it does not currently have many regular contributors contributing to the roadmapped milestones and the release process. To develop automatic and robust upgrade scripts/tooling would require significant additional effort and hence it would help to have more regular contributors to enable high effort features like this.

Also, this feature is perhaps something that might be better suited to being implemented in Hugo. If Hugo team defined a process and tooling for upgrading themes including config and front matter, that could provide a standardised approach for upgrading any theme.

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