Good morning all,
my apologies for a stupid but probably easy to answer question.
I currently run MediaWiki 1.5.0; I seem to understand that I could not even do a direct upgrade to 1.10.1 but would have to make intermediate upgrades. However, I would like to move from a directory in my domain to a subdomain anyways so I thought I could skip the intermediate steps by doing the following:
- Full backup of the current Wiki
- Disconnect of the current Wiki to the MySQL database
- New installation of MediaWiki 1.10.1 at the subdomain (with all the necessary steps such as generating folders etc.), referencing my MySQL database
- Upload the MySql database dump (made with mysqldumper) if necessary
I´d appreciate any hint if I have a substantial error in this plan. Thanks so much, best regards Chris
On 9/2/07, Chris Knust chris@knust-net.de wrote:
Good morning all,
my apologies for a stupid but probably easy to answer question.
I currently run MediaWiki 1.5.0; I seem to understand that I could not even do a direct upgrade to 1.10.1 but would have to make intermediate upgrades. However, I would like to move from a directory in my domain to a subdomain anyways so I thought I could skip the intermediate steps by doing the following:
Full backup of the current Wiki
Disconnect of the current Wiki to the MySQL database
New installation of MediaWiki 1.10.1 at the subdomain (with all the
necessary steps such as generating folders etc.), referencing my MySQL database
- Upload the MySql database dump (made with mysqldumper) if necessary
I´d appreciate any hint if I have a substantial error in this plan. Thanks so much, best regards Chris
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It is perfectly possible to upgrade from 1.5 to 1.10.1 - MediaWiki has been designed with that in mind and it can easily be upgraded from any version to any other version.
With regards to switching to a subdomain, there should be very little difficulties with that as all that is necessary is to move the files to the directory for that subdomain. MediaWiki will require no extra configuration unless you have made unlikely modifications to your LocalSettings.php file.
Thanks so much - I was convinced I had read in some MediaWiki FAQ that I´d need to have intermediate updates if I update from 1.5 "only". Cheers Chris
It is perfectly possible to upgrade from 1.5 to 1.10.1 - MediaWiki has been designed with that in mind and it can easily be upgraded from any version to any other version.
On 02/09/07, Chris Knust chris@knust-net.de wrote:
Thanks so much - I was convinced I had read in some MediaWiki FAQ that I´d need to have intermediate updates if I update from 1.5 "only".
Putting it politely; probably some paranoid end-user who decided to "helpfully" change the documentation to reflect their own experience.
There should, as MinuteElectron says, be absolutely no issues with upgrading from any version of MediaWiki to any higher version. In the past, people have been careful about the jump from 1.4.x. to 1.5.x or higher, mainly due to the massive table changes involved, and the possibility of various delightful issues arising from that, but in general, that isn't an issue these days.
Rob Church
And furthermore, doing an SQL dump from 1.5 to load into 1.10 is probably MUCH worse! An XML dump should work... but I've never tried it from as far back as 1.5. If something does blow up, I believe it is still possible to upgrade to an intermediate version and then go from there to 1.10. But as long as you've backed up, I'd add my voice to those recommending that you try the direct upgrade.
Jim
On Sep 2, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Rob Church wrote:
On 02/09/07, Chris Knust chris@knust-net.de wrote:
Thanks so much - I was convinced I had read in some MediaWiki FAQ that I´d need to have intermediate updates if I update from 1.5 "only".
Putting it politely; probably some paranoid end-user who decided to "helpfully" change the documentation to reflect their own experience.
There should, as MinuteElectron says, be absolutely no issues with upgrading from any version of MediaWiki to any higher version. In the past, people have been careful about the jump from 1.4.x. to 1.5.x or higher, mainly due to the massive table changes involved, and the possibility of various delightful issues arising from that, but in general, that isn't an issue these days.
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Rob & all,
thanks so much. Your help and patience is greatly appreciated. Best regards Chris
Rob Church schrieb:
There should, as MinuteElectron says, be absolutely no issues with upgrading from any version of MediaWiki to any higher version. In the past, people have been careful about the jump from 1.4.x. to 1.5.x or higher, mainly due to the massive table changes involved, and the possibility of various delightful issues arising from that, but in general, that isn't an issue these days.
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Chris Knust wrote:
Good morning all,
my apologies for a stupid but probably easy to answer question.
I currently run MediaWiki 1.5.0; I seem to understand that I could not even do a direct upgrade to 1.10.1 but would have to make intermediate upgrades.
No -- do one upgrade only.
However, I would like to move from a directory in my domain to a subdomain anyways so I thought I could skip the intermediate steps by doing the following:
Full backup of the current Wiki
Disconnect of the current Wiki to the MySQL database
New installation of MediaWiki 1.10.1 at the subdomain (with all the
necessary steps such as generating folders etc.), referencing my MySQL database
- Upload the MySql database dump (made with mysqldumper) if necessary
I´d appreciate any hint if I have a substantial error in this plan.
That's the exact same thing. :) You still have to upgrade the database schema.
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