[Mediawiki-l] Welcome to mediawiki-l (weekly posting)

2010-03-31 Thread River Tarnell
Welcome to mediawiki-l. This mailing list exists for discussion and questions about the MediaWiki software[0]. Important MediaWiki-related announcements (such as new versions) are also posted to this list. Other resources. If you only wish to receive announcements, you should subscrib

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Upgrade to 1.15.2 question

2010-03-31 Thread Christensen, Courtney
We've found it's better to delete the old set of folders and then copy in the new set. This is because sometimes a file was deleted in the new version, but doesn't get deleted when you copy a new version over top of an older version. As you said, you do need to retain your settings files. Yo

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki uses PHP

2010-03-31 Thread Boris Steipe
Would an online unzip server help? Something like http://wobzip.org/ perhaps; you can point it directly to your source URL. You would still need to save and untar the result though... B. On 31-Mar-10, at 2:17 PM, Tyler wrote: > For more information, go to: > > http://www.humanware.com > They

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki uses PHP

2010-03-31 Thread Svip
On 31 March 2010 20:17, Tyler wrote: > For more information, go to: > > http://www.humanware.com > They have a "products" link.  Click that, there's "blindness".  There, click > "BrailleNote".  I have an mPower BT 32 cell. Hm, I see no mention of PHP either in their brochure. Or a webserver or

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki uses PHP

2010-03-31 Thread Tyler
For more information, go to: http://www.humanware.com They have a "products" link. Click that, there's "blindness". There, click "BrailleNote". I have an mPower BT 32 cell. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.w

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Upgrade to 1.15.2 question

2010-03-31 Thread Tolliver
Hello, > You update by replacing the old files with the new ones, then running the script at maintenance/update.php Does that mean that I can simply copy the contents of new "mediawiki-1.15.2" directory to the original "mediawiki-1.11.0 directory? (Retaining the LocalSettings.php & AdminSettin

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki uses PHP

2010-03-31 Thread Platonides
Tyler wrote: > I have a weird computer in which you can NOT install additional software > except that > made by HumanWare, my computer's manufacturer. It's an expensive, rare computer that > only visually impaired people like me know about. It's called a BrailleNote. So... complain to HumanWare

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Upgrade to 1.15.2 question

2010-03-31 Thread Platonides
Tolliver wrote: > Hello, > > Excuse me if my question sounds like a newbie, but I still am; I > inherited the Wiki Server some months ago. I am preparing to upgrade > MediaWiki 1.11.0 to 1.15.2, and we currently have 30 wiki’s. > > My understanding is, I can upgrade each wiki individually. Havi

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Upgrade to 1.15.2 question

2010-03-31 Thread Łukasz Garczewski
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Tolliver wrote: > Hello, > > > Excuse me if my question sounds like a newbie, but I still am; I > inherited the Wiki Server some months ago. I am preparing to upgrade > MediaWiki 1.11.0 to 1.15.2, and we currently have 30 wiki’s. > > My understanding is, I can upgr

[Mediawiki-l] Upgrade to 1.15.2 question

2010-03-31 Thread Tolliver
Hello, Excuse me if my question sounds like a newbie, but I still am; I inherited the Wiki Server some months ago. I am preparing to upgrade MediaWiki 1.11.0 to 1.15.2, and we currently have 30 wiki’s. My understanding is, I can upgrade each wiki individually. Having said that, can I perform