[Mediawiki-l] Wikipedia's version of MediaWiki (was: save on first edit)

[Rob Church]

Wikimedia projects use a version of 1.6-dev which is usually slightly
behind CVS HEAD. When upgrading, a developer with appropriate access
permissions will synchronise the Wikimedia server installation with
CVS HEAD using a number of scripts designed for the purpose; the
Wikimedia implementation of the MediaWiki software is a little more
intricate than most others'.


Rob Church

On 11/11/05, Martin Jambon <martin_jambon at emailuser.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, jdd wrote:
>
> > Martin Jambon wrote:
> >
> >> If you want to know the version of the software running the mediawiki, go
> >> to "Special pages" and then to "Version" or directly to
> >> [[Special:Version]].
> >
> > yes, this I know, but I use 4-5 different mediawikis on different platforms
> > (mostly not owned by me) and of different version. I don't remember which
> > have the problem. seems to me it's on wikipedia (pretty sure), so probably
> > 1.6... but I have had this many times for a long period.
>
> That's weird, it doesn't even have email notifications (or they are
> well-hidden). I am wondering which version of MediaWiki is actually in use
> in Wikipedia, and how the transfer from one version to another is
> performed. Since the database structure changed between 1.4 and 1.5, how
> do people handle upgrades of MediaWiki at Wikipedia? Is there really an
> upgrade or just a carefully patched version which remains compatible with
> older versions of MediaWiki?
>
> Thanks for any insights into this,
>
>
> Martin
>
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