The standard upgrade method is to just install the new
version; give it
the existing database name/username/password and it should perform the
necessary upgrade steps.
You will need to first remove the old LocalSettings.php if you try to
install over the same directory, and adapt any customizations to it to
the new version.
I may add as a suggestion for frequent upgrading (besides backing up).
Install the new version to a new directory. Mv the old dir to .bak or so.
I have th images directory linked in (ln -s). This way it's easy way to
keep the
old version if upgrading fails.
manfred
BACK UP EVERYTHING FIRST -- your files and your database.
(Keep in mind that 1.3 is currently marked as beta, in large part
because there have been install issues that aren't fully worked out yet.
On some configurations you may have trouble.)
2. I don't find it very easy to search for
support on the metawiki using
the search What's the easiest way of finding whether somebody has
answered my question about mediawiki previously?
Google. Both meta and the mailing list archives should be indexed and
reachable. (Try adding
site:mail.wikipedia.org or
site:meta.wikipedia.org to the google search to restrict results.)
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)