Brion Vibber wrote:
Tim Starling wrote:
Sven.Hartrumpf@FernUni-Hagen.de wrote:
Hi.
Using diff, I figured out that only 294 files have changed, most of them related to messages. Will it be safe to replace only these 294 files in order to upgrade from rc1 to rc2? If so, is anybody interested in a patch file?
Yes, you can just update the files when upgrading from rc1 to rc2, there's no need to re-run the installer or to change LocalSettings.php.
For reference, the release generator script can generate a diff for you if you pass the previous version as an extra parameter. Comes in handy for these point releases!
Actually, the release generator (100 lines of shell script) does not support a previous version parameter, rather it tries to guess what the branch name of the previous release was, based on the supplied current version, using three perl one-liners and two tr calls. It doesn't understand release candidates, only stable releases.
I vote for rewriting the whole thing in a proper language (i.e. anything except shell script).
-- Tim Starling