On Nov 27, 2013, at 11:52 PM, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28/11/13 18:31, Rick Thomas wrote: >> >> On Nov 27, 2013, at 8:12 PM, Miles Fidelman >> <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote: >> >>> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> The OP (in this thread) is asking about the Debian WordPress >>>> package. It installs WordPress, WordPress keeps itself up-to-date >>>> - i.e. it's version has nothing to do with the version number of >>>> the debian installer. On 28/11/13 09:48, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> > > <snipped> > >>> Miles Fidelman >> >> Thanks, Miles. >> >> I'll keep your advice in mind as I go forward with this project. >> >> Your suggestion raises the question, though, of what do I do when I >> want to upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie in a year or so? Will I get a >> toxic mix of Debian-wordpress and wordpress-upstream? > > > NO! > > Ignore the speculation, well intended though it is. > The debian installer does *not* mean you run an out-dated version of > WordPress - it immediately upgrades to the current version of WordPress > (and all your themes and extensions). When you first login the > Dashboard shows updates available - click on the icon and you'll soon be > running the freshly baked latest WordPress which is downloaded from the > WordPress site. > > Upgrading Wheezy to the Jessie when it becomes stable, or indeed, > upgrading to Testing or Unstable tomorrow won't affect the Debian > installed WordPress - it will continue to be the most current version > available from upstream. This is one of the reasons why it's better to > use the Debian installed WordPress than downloading the tarball and > dumping it somewhere. > > All the package does is install WordPress into the Debian standard > locations. WordPress then manages it's own updates. Good to know. Though I must admit, it sounds like magic. I look forward to finding out how it's done! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e271a765-f504-43b1-acc5-1e5bb4e14...@pobox.com