That sounds like a plan; however I have never done a real upgrade but did a full new installation for 1.5.0 after having run trials with 1.4.x. I have found (again) the installation instructions, but no upgrade instructions. The zipped download does not include instructions either which are understandable for an idiot like yours truly, so if anyone can point me to he help page for upgrading 1.5.x I would very much appreciate this. Thanks so much Chris Rob Church schrieb:

I've seen thses, but unfortunately they are just a little bit ambiguous and far from foolproof. Has anybody sucessfully upgraded from 1.5.0 to 1.5.7 and documented the precise steps involved please? For example, if uploading the extracted files of the new version via FTP, does the localsettings file need to be reconfigured, or can you keep the old one in situ? Which other files, if any might need to be retained? I talke it the last step, running the installer should be ommitted when upgrading fom 1.5.0 to 1.5.7, so it's just a case of copying over some new versions of the php scripts and libraries, but which ones? Given that there will be quite a few people attempting this on a regular basis, it may be worth fleshing out the documentation a bit, if anybody can spare the time to do so. -- Andy Roberts

MediaWiki releases contain complete copies of the software which should replace all the existing files of the previous version. The LocalSettings.php file can be left unaltered. When upgrading within the same branch, i.e. from 1.X.Y to 1.X.Z, it is unusual to find large schema alterations made. Therefore, it is sufficient in most cases to replace the existing files with the new ones. If database errors do occur, then the maintenance/update.php script can be run from the command line to check and alter the database as needed. [Now, I happen to know that despite this guideline, there *is* a schema change somewhere between 1.5.0 and 1.5.7. The transwiki table is missing from the table definitions somewhere along the line, although it has been included in the updaters.] It might be worth us taking the time to write up a clean and reliable set of documents on upgrading from 1.4 to 1.5, and from 1.5 to 1.6, and storing these on MediaWiki.org, then removing and pruning all the dud, old or potentially inaccurate stuff from Meta and anywhere else it may be hiding. Rob Church On 26/03/06, Andy Roberts <aroberts(a)gmail.com> wrote:

That's the reason I included it in brackets in a hushed-up sort of tone. Rob Church On 26/03/06, Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote: