[Mediawiki-l] Using export/import instead of upgrading

[Jan Steinman]

> From: Daniel Friesen <dan_the_man at telus.net>
>
> People complain about issues cause they don't follow instructions...

(Much good advice about how to do incremental upgrades clipped...)

> Remember Wikipedia? Wikimedia runs off MediaWiki and is being  
> constantly
> upgraded. If the upgrade process wasn't handled right then you'd see
> Wikipedia broken all the time.

I believe the OP suggested export/import because they had fallen way  
behind, and lacked confidence in an upgrade process that is generally  
designed for Wikipedia's needs of strictly sequential incremental  
upgrades.

I am in the same situation, running 1.3. Short of upgrading to 1.4,  
then 1.5, then 1.6... I don't believe this posting really addresses  
strategies for someone who is way behind to "catch up." The further  
you are behind, the more likely something will break, no matter how  
carefully one follows the instructions for upgrading from 1.13.1 to  
1.13.2.

Anyone have any good strategies going from 1.3 to current? I'm  
planning on making a complete copy, accessed from a new URL, and  
trying the upgrade on that. But I'm doubtful that such an upgrade will  
be fruitful.

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