as a compressed "tar" archive from the Wikimedia Download Service
(http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki).
-You can also obtain the new files directly from our Subversion source code
-repository, via a checkout or export operation.
+You can also obtain the new files directly from our Git source code
+repository.
Replace the existing MediaWiki files with the new. You should preserve the
LocalSettings.php file and the "extensions" and "images" directories.
can change between release branches, e.g. $wgDisableUploads in 1.4 is replaced
with $wgEnableUploads in later versions. When upgrading, consult the release
notes to check for configuration changes which would alter the expected
-behaviour of MediaWiki.
+behavior of MediaWiki.
=== Check installed extensions ===
'upgrade1_5.php', can do this -- run it prior to 'update.php' or
the web upgrader.
+NOTE that upgrade1_5.php does not work properly with recent version
+of MediaWiki. If upgrading a 1.4.x wiki, you should upgrade to 1.5
+first. upgrade1_5.php has been removed from MediaWiki 1.21.
+
If you absolutely cannot make the UTF-8 upgrade work, you can try
doing it by hand: dump your old database, convert the dump file
using iconv as described here:
in late August 2003) you may need to manually run some of the update SQL
scripts in maintenance/archives before the installer is able to pick up
with remaining updates.
-
-
-== Upgrading from UseModWiki or old "phase 2" Wikipedia code ==
-
-There is a semi-maintained UseModWiki to MediaWiki conversion script at
-maintenance/importUseModWiki.php; it may require tweaking and customization
-to work for you.
-
-Install a new MediaWiki first, then use the conversion script which will
-output SQL statements; direct these to a file and then run that into your
-database.
-
-You will have to rebuild the links tables etc after importing.
-
-