This file provides an overview of the MediaWiki upgrade process. For help with
specific problems, check
-* the documentation at http://www.mediawiki.org
+* the documentation at https://www.mediawiki.org
* the mediawiki-l mailing list archive at
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/
-* the bug tracker at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org
+* the bug tracker at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org
for information and workarounds to common issues.
== Overview ==
Comprehensive documentation on upgrading to the latest version of the software
-is available at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading.
+is available at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading.
=== Consult the release notes ===
the upgrade scripts are somewhat robust, there is no guarantee that things will
not fail, leaving the database in an inconsistent state.
-http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki provides an overview of
+https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki provides an overview of
the backup process. You should also refer to the documentation for your
database management system for information on backing up a database, and to
your operating system documentation for information on making copies of files.
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.
-
-