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== Upgrade notes ==
 
== Upgrade notes ==
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See [[Sysadmin/Update_wiki]].
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Our Mediawiki instances are installed from Subversion. We update them by simply switching
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to a different stable branch.
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Because the "extensions" directory comes from a different
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repository, we need to take care not to confuse Subversion's little mind when it sees it.
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Hence, we keep around a copy of the original extensions directory from the main repository.
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mv extensions extensions.keep
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mv extensions.orig extensions
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svn switch http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/branches/REL1_16/phase3
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mv extensions extensions.orig
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mv extensions.new extensions
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cd extensions
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svn switch http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/branches/REL1_16/extensions
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cd ..
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Now run update scripts:
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cd maintenance
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php update.php
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If the SemanticMediaWiki extension is enabled (we don't use it), also refresh its tables:
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cd extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/maintenance
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php SMW_setup.php
    
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

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