Re: [MediaWiki-l] upgrade from mw 1.16 under php 5.2 to 1.17, 1.19 or?

2015-02-17 Thread Daniel Friesen
On 2015-02-17 5:30 PM, Holger wrote: >> You could install php 5.3+ somewhere along with a copy of your site >> using one of the stable MediaWiki releases and do the upgrade. >> >> All you need is a dump of the database, any custom stuff (your images/ >> folder, LocalSettings, custom additions), an

Re: [MediaWiki-l] upgrade from mw 1.16 under php 5.2 to 1.17, 1.19 or?

2015-02-17 Thread Holger
Hi there, Am 18.02.2015 um 02:02 schrieb Daniel Friesen: You don't really need an intermediate step. There's also an piwik which should be upgraded and i would be happy not to have two installations which may go wrong if the php version is upgraded. So from http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compa

Re: [MediaWiki-l] upgrade from mw 1.16 under php 5.2 to 1.17, 1.19 or?

2015-02-17 Thread Daniel Friesen
You don't really need an intermediate step. You could install php 5.3+ somewhere along with a copy of your site using one of the stable MediaWiki releases and do the upgrade. All you need is a dump of the database, any custom stuff (your images/ folder, LocalSettings, custom additions), an up to

[MediaWiki-l] upgrade from mw 1.16 under php 5.2 to 1.17, 1.19 or?

2015-02-17 Thread Holger
Dear list, I'm running mw 1.16 under php 5.2 und would like and should upgrade mw as well as php to actual versions. What would be the best / most safe way to achieve this? My idea is to upgrade to 1.17 because there will be the fewest changes to 1.16 und it runs as well with php > 5.2. So I