So is setting wgReadOnly to some string all that is necessary to safely upgrade ? I guess this stops all db access ?
Is this what is done at WikiPedia ?
--Hiram
Rob Church wrote:
On 11/07/07, Rindler, Andreas andreas.rindler@bearingpoint.com wrote:
When I use Special:Lockdb I get a pemission error:
It's confined to users with the "siteadmin" right, which is no longer given to anyone by default.
$wgReadOnly = "The wiki software is currently being updated bla bla bla.";
Setting $wgReadOnly directly is faster and more convenient, most of the time.
Rob Church