Hoi,
This script assumes that you have the same software as is running on the
Wikimedia servers. The current practice is that all the extensions that are
used will be given the same revision number. When you have one other
extension, you will not know what the effect is of running this script.
Also it is assumed that the underlying software is the same as well (think
LAMP). Every now and then the underlying software is patched or new
application are installed to make the software work well. Given that this is
not handled by Werdna's software it is a scenario that is not without its
dangers.
Consequently, use it with care AND I do not think that this should be a
recommended strategy for our average re-users of MediaWiki and its software.
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/6/6 Benjamin Lees <emufarmers(a)gmail.com>
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Roan Kattouw
<roan.kattouw(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
2009/6/5 Strainu <strainu10(a)gmail.com>om>:
Hello,
I need a little help understanding the deployment policy used on
Wikipedia in order to have a better image of the relation between
different types of request in bugzilla and the code added to ro.wp
following those requests.
I read at
that
"MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development
model with quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is
always kept "ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on
Wikipedia.".
Indeed, when googling for the blogs of some wikimedia engineers, you
can see that at certain times the latest code from trunk is pushed
onto the production servers. On the other hand, when activating an
extension, the latest stable version is activated.
Is this the way it's really happening? If so, why are there two
different policies? Which of those two do you consider best?
There aren't two different policies. When enabling a new extension,
the latest version from SVN is installed (provided it has passed
review), and extensions are updated together with the core MediaWiki
code. Once upon a time, we had sort-of-weekly code updates, but right
now Wikipedia is running code dated March 25th.
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)
Since the quoted text refers to a bygone era, it should be removed or
amended to reflect current practice. Werdna's Wikimedia sync script <
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_sync_script> might be worth
mentioning.
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