[Mediawiki-l] proper update procedure

[Rindler, Andreas]

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From: mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of Emufarmers Sangly
Sent: Tue 10/07/2007 03:19
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Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] proper update procedure



On 7/9/07, Hiram Clawson <hiram at soe.ucsc.edu> wrote:
>
> Good Afternoon MediaWiki Fans:
>
> I'm curious what procedures folks use to safely update a MediaWiki
> installation that is in use.
>
> Do you disable the system temporarily while running the update procedure ?
>
> Or create a copy of the site and do the update there, then switch ?
>
> Or simply run the update procedure and cross your fingers and hope
> nothing goes wrong ?
>
> It isn't clear to me how to properly update a running system.
>
> --Hiram

I just set the wiki to read-only (with Special:Lockdb) and run the update.
I don't know if it would actually mess anything up if I didn't set it to
read-only, but I figure better safe than sorry.

--
Arr, ye emus, http://emufarmers.com

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When I use Special:Lockdb I get a pemission error:


Permission error


<http://mike2.openmethodology.org/index.php/Special:Lockdb#searchInput> 
You are not allowed to execute the action you have requested.


So what I have doing is setting the following variable in LocalSettings.php

$wgReadOnly = "The wiki software is currently being updated bla bla bla.";

The message is displayed on the edit page where all edit functionality is disabled. You can use HTML tags within the quotes to improve the visibility of the message (e.g. <b>The wiki ....</b>).

-Andi


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