MediaWiki/Upgrade

2005,Oct.5th on #mediawiki on Freenode (cut out)

is 1.4.0 to 1.4.10 worth the upgrade? or should i just wait for 1.5 to become stable soon 1.4.0 is great if you love security problems < mark-> just install 1.5 innocence: ouch,got the message mark: you recommend 1.5rc4 preview release? < mark-> yes I'd rather use REL1_5 1.5 ate my dog I thought it ate your flower does 1.40 to 1.5rc4 include a change of the database scheme? i see "Major changes have been made to the schema from 1.4.x." even mark-: it tries to scare me with "DO NOT ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE A LIVE, PUBLIC SITE TO 1.5 AT THIS TIME." < mark-> don't be scared < mark-> that must be old :) < mark-> and yes there has been a schema change < mark-> but there's an upgrade script it says so in "UPGRADE" text file of 1.5rc4 release.. mutante: well live wikipedia is usually breaks when developers upgrade ;) < mark-> wikipedia runs 1.6... mutante: when things stop working we know: hey, they upgraded again! mut: that's mainly so we cans ay "we told you so" when it broke < mark-> brion, can you PLEASE release 1.5? < mark-> I get tired of convincing users to run it mark-: shortly < mark-> thanks :) < mark-> it works fine cool,then i will wait for 1.5 stable ;) < mark-> make sure you have a backup just in case and not mess with it twice < mark-> mutante: why? it's just a version number < TerminX> mutante: 1.5 is stable and fine < mark-> unless you like security bugs < TerminX> on a live, public site, like wikipedia does < TerminX> running developmental code really isn't an issue < TerminX> heh but then, 1.4 was HEAD at the time i installed it :)
 * TerminX runs CVS personally
 * innocence 's wiki still runs 1.4