Re: [Mediawiki-l] upgrading to 1.6alfa

I'd kickstart a response by saying that if you think upgrading to untested alpha software will fix problems with an out-of-date version of the software, think again; it could well introduce more. If there are specific bugs, etc. you've noticed (there are about 3 critical ones lurking in 1.5.2, if memory serves) then you'd be better off upgrading to MediaWiki 1.5.7. Upgrading to HEAD is a nice double-edged sword, in my book. On the one hand, you will be able to follow the same feature set Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis benefit from; most new functionality goes into HEAD and isn't backported to older branches. On the other hand, you'll need to keep updating the code on a regular basis, as HEAD will continue to be updated. That means being prepared to run the update scripts to keep the schema up-to-date as well. As for the mechanics of the update; upload/copy the HEAD files over the existing ones, and run maintenance/update.php from the command line. But I'll repeat that it doesn't necessarily sound like the best option for you. Rob Church On 11/03/06, The XEN ICT Team - Ricardo Rodríguez <webmaster(a)xen.net> wrote: