[Mediawiki-l] New install of 1.10.1 vs. upgrade from 1.5

[Brion Vibber]

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Chris Knust wrote:
> Good morning all,
> 
> my apologies for a stupid but probably easy to answer question.
> 
> I currently run MediaWiki 1.5.0; I seem to understand that I could not 
> even do a direct upgrade to 1.10.1 but would have to make intermediate 
> upgrades.

No -- do one upgrade only.

> However, I would like to move from a directory in my domain to a 
> subdomain anyways so I thought I could skip the intermediate steps by 
> doing the following:
> 
> - Full backup of the current Wiki
> 
> - Disconnect of the current Wiki to the MySQL database
> 
> - New installation of MediaWiki 1.10.1 at the subdomain (with all the 
> necessary steps such as generating folders etc.), referencing my MySQL 
> database
> 
> - Upload the MySql database dump (made with mysqldumper) if necessary
> 
> I´d appreciate any hint if I have a substantial error in this plan.

That's the exact same thing. :) You still have to upgrade the database
schema.

- -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
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