iATS Payments CiviCRM Extension in CiviCRM 5.0.0

[cmmadmin]

Now that the iATS payment processor is included in core CiviCRM, is it no longer necessary to install the iATS Payments CiviCRM Extension?

We are testing an upgrade from Civi 4.6.14 to Civi 5.0.0 and IATS Payments 1.5.3 to 1.6.1.

I disabled the IATS Payments extension, performed the upgrade, and am now wondering if I need to re-enable/upgrade it or if it can be removed.

I saw references to it here:
https://civicrm.org/blog/dev-team/civicrm-4731-and-4636-release
https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/EXT-56

[cmmadmin]

It looks like I got this figured out. I removed the extension and am now using the version that comes with CiviCRM core and it appears to be working fine. I noticed I had an identical set of files installed in the following two locations:

\sites\all\modules\civicrm\ext\iatspayments\templates\CRM\iATS
\sites\default\files\civicrm_extensions\com.iatspayments.civicrm\templates\CRM\iATS\

So I did the following:

1. Disabled these two payment processors: Credit Card (iATS), ACH-EFT (iATS)
2. Disabled "iATS Payments" on the CiviCRM Extensions page (I did not Uninstall it). It had with Local path: \sites\default\files\civicrm_extensions\com.iatspayments.civicrm\templates\CRM\iATS\
3. Removed extension files from: \sites\default\files\civicrm_extensions\com.iatspayments.civicrm
4. Clicked "Refresh" on the CiviCRM Extensions page
5. IATS Payments (v1.6.1) re-appeared in the list with Local path: \sites\all\modules\civicrm\ext\iatspayments\templates\CRM\iATS\ -- the version that comes with core CiviCRM
6. Enabled "iATS Payments" on the CiviCRM Extensions page
7. Enabled these two payment processors: Credit Card (iATS), ACH-EFT (iATS)

[adixon]

Thanks for documenting this. I'll put a link to your notes in the wiki.