Hi, I have now improved and clarified the online documentation for upgrading existing SMWs [1]. It is now explained how you can install SMW 1.2 without any upgrade procedure, by simply running the old (less powerful) store until later. This is also helpful for wiki farms, where it is not possible to upgrade all installations at the same time.
We are aware that the upgrade to a new store is somewhat more work than normally, but many features of SMW 1.2 just could not be realised without this major switch. Cheers, Markus [1] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Installation#Notes_on_Upgrading On Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > Two remarks about the new release: a clarification and, alas, a bug. > > * It was pointed out that the update instructions [1] are not completely > clear: there are upgrade instructions for upgrading to 1.12, and there are > general instructions for upgrade/repair. Please follow the former since > they are specific to the case where the storage backend changed (as in > 1.12). The other generic instructions are also OK but your wiki will > experience a short time during update when queries will return incomplete > results. > > In general, the special instructions for some release are always to be > preferred over the generic "repair" instructions. The INSTALL in future > versions will clarify this better. > > * The initial file release used the old store as the default setting. This > is fixed now (in all places where SMW1.2 is found). The only file that > changed is SMW_Settings.php [2]. If you upgraded/installed already, you > should update that file (or just download again all files, if preferred) > and follow the instructions for install/upgrade again. > > > It is good to see that SMW 1.12 now experiences much more testing than the > development version. If further problems occur, we will release a proper > follow-up SMW 1.12.1 to solve them. So please let us (or the list) know > about any troubles you encounter. > > > Sorry for the inconvenience, > > Markus > > [1] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Installation > [2] > http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/SemanticMediaWi >ki/includes/SMW_Settings.php > > On Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > > [Apologies for cross-posting] > > > > Hi all, > > > > we are happy to announce that Semantic MediaWiki 1.2 has just been > > released (get it via [1] or [2]). A list of new features and upgrade > > instructions is provided online [3]. Please be sure to read the upgrade > > instructions before updating an existing wiki! > > > > The main new features, as announced earlier on this list, are: > > > > * New SMW storage backend (faster, better redirect support, OR in > > queries) * vCard export for query results > > * Improved semantic query syntax and processing (#show, property chains) > > * Support for custom sortkeys > > * Stored queries on Concept: pages (aka "dynamic categories" aka OWL > > classes) * Automated updates (update wiki when proprerties or templates > > changed) * Other: improved maintenance scripts, bugfixes, more > > translations > > > > Important parts of the online documentation [4] have already been updated > > to the new version. The new documentation also includes an extended > > explanation of many query features, and separate pages for the available > > query printers. > > > > > > Have fun, > > > > Markus > > > > [1] Download: > > https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=147937 [2] SVN > > tag: > > http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/extensions/SemanticMediaW > >ik i/REL_1_2 [3] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:SMW_1.2 > > [4] http://semantic-mediawiki.org -- Markus Krötzsch Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org http://korrekt.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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