[Mediawiki-l] How to check MW version?

[Rob Church]

On 21/12/06, Jérémie Bouillon <jeremie at shadowfrance.net> wrote:
> My Special:Version page says my MW is a 1.7.1 version. But I'm pretty
> sure I installed a 1.8.1 version.
>
> Is there a chance it's a bug? Is there another way of checking which
> version I'm running?

Special:Version takes the version number from $wgVersion, which is set
in DefaultSettings.php and should never be changed, but if it boils
down to having mixed-up files, then all this guarantees is that that
version of DefaultSettings.php is from a particular release.


Rob Church