khuffman(a)ngs.org wrote:
Just a quick question. I read through the
documentation on the
upgrade and just wanted verbal email confirmation from the experts --
looks like upgrading from 1.6.x to 1.8.2 is okay. I can skip going
from 1.6.x to 1.7.x and then to 1.8.2. Right?
I'm no expert so this is purely anecdotal, but I upgraded
http://wikigogy.org from MediaWiki 1.6.7 to 1.8.2 four days ago along
with moving the site from a FreeBSD server to a
Dreamhost.com virtual
hosting account Debian Linux server with no problems that I am aware
of. Note that 1.8.2 requires PHP 5 (5.1 reccommented).
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading says:
"This guide should help users of the 1.7 release branch migrate to
MediaWiki 1.8 in a smooth fashion. It will also work for users of the
obsolete 1.6 branch."
Roger :-)
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