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+comments -- upgrading from a minor version to a different, newer minor version is not problematic and can be done right away as time permits "that someone" to do so
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::::::::If you have a XML/SQL dump of the data, I could easily setup a test wiki with the same extensions and a database dump and see if anything breaks. In fact, you could do the same thing yourself by setting up a second wiki install and using a spare copy of the data from the WikiIndex database on a localhost wiki (offline, I recommend using XAMPP). You may have to reimport your Main Page and sidebar settings if you do this, but it's easy to do. Alternatively, another option you can do is to make a copy of EVERYTHING in your mysql/data folder and your MediaWiki install (I'd save it to a portable drive, backup hard drive, and so on, in a compressed file format if possible, also make sure the database is not being used during this time, which means taking the site down for maintenance), then install a new version of MediaWiki over your old one. At best, everything will work fine and you can proceed as normal (you may need to upgrade some extensions), and at worst, just flush your mediawiki folder and the mysql/data folder and replace them with your saved versions, and it will be exactly as it was before, minus any alterations to the new wiki database. [[User:Arcane|Arcane]] ([[User talk:Arcane|talk]]) 21:42, 30 April 2013 (PDT)Arcane | ::::::::If you have a XML/SQL dump of the data, I could easily setup a test wiki with the same extensions and a database dump and see if anything breaks. In fact, you could do the same thing yourself by setting up a second wiki install and using a spare copy of the data from the WikiIndex database on a localhost wiki (offline, I recommend using XAMPP). You may have to reimport your Main Page and sidebar settings if you do this, but it's easy to do. Alternatively, another option you can do is to make a copy of EVERYTHING in your mysql/data folder and your MediaWiki install (I'd save it to a portable drive, backup hard drive, and so on, in a compressed file format if possible, also make sure the database is not being used during this time, which means taking the site down for maintenance), then install a new version of MediaWiki over your old one. At best, everything will work fine and you can proceed as normal (you may need to upgrade some extensions), and at worst, just flush your mediawiki folder and the mysql/data folder and replace them with your saved versions, and it will be exactly as it was before, minus any alterations to the new wiki database. [[User:Arcane|Arcane]] ([[User talk:Arcane|talk]]) 21:42, 30 April 2013 (PDT)Arcane | ||
:::::::::I could do that without XMAPP by using Ubuntu, just like this wiki ([[Special:Version]]), and I have succeeded setting up a wiki in version 1.20.3 and upgrade it to version 1.22alpha (from git). (Sadly, I can't let you see since it ran on the local domain) So I think I could take this job. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 22:10, 30 April 2013 (PDT) | :::::::::I could do that without XMAPP by using Ubuntu, just like this wiki ([[Special:Version]]), and I have succeeded setting up a wiki in version 1.20.3 and upgrade it to version 1.22alpha (from git). (Sadly, I can't let you see since it ran on the local domain) So I think I could take this job. --[[YiFei]] | <small>[[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]</small> 22:10, 30 April 2013 (PDT) | ||
::::::::::Upgrades from a minor version (like 1.20.0) to a different, newer ''minor'' version (like 1.20.5) are '''not''' problematic and generally speaking require very little thinking — just do it and it'll go fine. :-) The same is not true for major version changes (like upgrading from 1.20 to 1.21 or so), as then there'd be schema changes and other issues to sort out, at least usually.<br />@Mark: I spoke with [[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]] about QuestyCaptcha and improvements for it a few weeks ago. We both agreed that having a special page for adding/modifying/deleting CAPTCHA questions would be essential to have to improve the usability of the extension. He mentioned having written some code for an administration special page, but I don't know what's the current state of that project; what works, what doesn't, what hasn't been implemented, etc. but I can try to ask him for an update. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 08:53, 2 May 2013 (PDT) | |||
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