MediaWiki upgrade

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NOT TESTED, SHOULD BE VALID NOW (HAS BEEN FIXED, BUT NOT TESTED IN WHOLE). DO NOT USE FOR FR!

Assuming these directories

• Current version: /scoutwiki/fi
• Extracted version: /scoutwiki/mediawiki-1.13.0
• New version: /scoutwiki/fi-n

[edit] The upgrade

[edit] Do once

• Download the new MediaWiki (take the whole package) and extract it.
• Take into use the SW version of Names.php

• You might want to use cd /scoutwiki/mediawiki-1.13.0 && patch -p0 < /scoutwiki/names-fix.diff

• Move the images and extensions subdirectories out of the way

mv mediawiki-1.13.0/images mediawiki-1.13.0/images-w

mv mediawiki-1.13.0/extensions mediawiki-1.13.0/extensions-w

• Symlink skins

mv mediawiki-1.13.0/skins mediawiki-1.13.0/skins-w

cd mediawiki-1.13.0

ln -s ../shared_skins skins

cd ../

• A backup of the databases – we should have a script for this.

[edit] For every wiki

• Copy the whole directory containing the new MediaWiki version as [lang]-n.

cp -R mediawiki-1.13.0/ fi-n/

• Copy LocalSettings.php, AdminSettings.php, .htaccess, favicon.ico, editcount.php, google*:

cp fi/LocalSettings.php fi/AdminSettings.php fi/.htaccess fi/favicon.* fi/editcount.php fi/google*.html fi-n/

• Copy extensions:

cp -R fi/extensions fi-n/

• Take the FR skin to the new installation. TODO.
• Copy images:

mv fi/images fi-n/

• Take the new version into use:

mv fi fi-w

mv fi-n fi

• Now fi is the new version and fi-w is the old one.
• Correct the file privileges: (only if root!)

./fixfix.sh

• Upgrade database:

cd fi/maintenance/

php update.php

• Notice that this does NOT update the common interwiki table. If any updates to the table exist, update as necessary (only once, it's the same for all wikis.)
• Add a note (by editing MediaWiki:Sitenotice) to your wiki about the upgrade. Remember to tell where to report any bugs! Use the template below.

<div style="width: 95%; background-color: #EEF; border: #BBF solid 1px; text-align: center; margin: auto auto 2em; margin-top: 2em;">''MediaWiki has been upgraded. Please report any problems via email to scoutwiki.issues <at> partio.net. --~~~~''</div>