On 11/07/07, Hiram Clawson <hiram(a)soe.ucsc.edu> wrote:
So is setting wgReadOnly to some string all that is
necessary to safely upgrade ?
I guess this stops all db access ?
It will theoretically stop MediaWiki performing any writes to the
database. While this is probably pretty safe, if you want to
completely halt operations, then you need to temporarily revoke the
MySQL user's permissions.
Is this what is done at WikiPedia ?
No.
Rob Church