[Mediawiki-l] Upgrade to 1.15.2 question

[Tolliver]

Hello,

 > You update by replacing the old files with the new ones, then running 
the script at maintenance/update.php
Does that mean that I can simply copy the contents of new 
"mediawiki-1.15.2" directory to the original "mediawiki-1.11.0 
directory? (Retaining the LocalSettings.php & AdminSettings.php from the 
1.11.0 version). Or can I delete the old wiki dir & copy the new dir?

 > So to update you should just surround it with a "foreach wiki..."
I would like to upgrade them individually, rather than scripting them all.

 > Good prectises advise making a db backup before updating.
mysqldump -u name_admin -p  namewiki > namewik-Back.txt

To my knowledge the wiki's are not sharing the files, but how could I 
determine that?


Thanks once a again!

-Graham-
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Platonides wrote:
> Tolliver wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> Excuse me if my question sounds like a newbie, but I still am; I 
>> inherited the Wiki Server some months ago. I am preparing to upgrade 
>> MediaWiki 1.11.0 to 1.15.2, and we currently have 30 wiki’s.
>>
>> My understanding is, I can upgrade each wiki individually. Having said 
>> that, can I perform the install process of the new version, replace the 
>> old wiki’s with the new install individually? Hence not having any 
>> databases being affected except for the wiki I upgrade.
>>
>> I trust that this question is in keeping with this forum.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Graham
>>     
>
> Install process?
> You may be taking a wrong approach.
> You update by replacing the old files with the new ones, then running
> the script at maintenance/update.php
> Only the database of that wiki is affected.
>
> So to update you should just surround it with a "foreach wiki..."
> Good prectises advise making a db backup before updating.
>
> If the wikis are sharing the files, it may be a bit harder, since you
> would need to break the links for updating individually (or update all
> dbs one after other at the same time).
>
>
>
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