Hoi, This script assumes that you have the same software as is running on the Wikimedia servers. The current practice is that all the extensions that are used will be given the same revision number. When you have one other extension, you will not know what the effect is of running this script.
Also it is assumed that the underlying software is the same as well (think LAMP). Every now and then the underlying software is patched or new application are installed to make the software work well. Given that this is not handled by Werdna's software it is a scenario that is not without its dangers.
Consequently, use it with care AND I do not think that this should be a recommended strategy for our average re-users of MediaWiki and its software. Thanks, GerardM
2009/6/6 Benjamin Lees emufarmers@gmail.com
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Roan Kattouw roan.kattouw@gmail.com wrote:
2009/6/5 Strainu strainu10@gmail.com:
Hello,
I need a little help understanding the deployment policy used on Wikipedia in order to have a better image of the relation between different types of request in bugzilla and the code added to ro.wp following those requests.
I read at
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES?view=ma...
that "MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept "ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.".
Indeed, when googling for the blogs of some wikimedia engineers, you can see that at certain times the latest code from trunk is pushed onto the production servers. On the other hand, when activating an extension, the latest stable version is activated.
Is this the way it's really happening? If so, why are there two different policies? Which of those two do you consider best?
There aren't two different policies. When enabling a new extension, the latest version from SVN is installed (provided it has passed review), and extensions are updated together with the core MediaWiki code. Once upon a time, we had sort-of-weekly code updates, but right now Wikipedia is running code dated March 25th.
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)
Since the quoted text refers to a bygone era, it should be removed or amended to reflect current practice. Werdna's Wikimedia sync script < http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_sync_script%3E might be worth mentioning. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l