[Mediawiki-l] Re: Upgrading from 1.5b3 to 1.5b4

[John R. Owens]

Ashar Voultoiz wrote:
> Nicolas STRANSKY wrote:
> <snip>
> 
>>Yes it does seem to work but I don't even know what is the proper way to
>>upgrade a mediawiki 1.5 installation.
> 
> 
> The process should be something like:
>  1/ back up your data
>  2/ lock database / shutdown site
>  3/ put new files from the tar.gz
>  4/ run ./maintenance/update.php (that will deal with database changes)
>  5/ unlock database / restart site

A followup question from the audience: What's the best, "approved" way
to lock the database? I can think of several ways I could go about it,
but for all I know, a simple button to click somewhere might have been
provided.

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John R. Owens
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