GuildWiki talk:Software & Technical Issues

Upgrading
I've wanted to put together a solid upgrade schedule/policy on GuildWiki's mediawiki guts for some time. So, let loose with any ideas/complaints/etc you have on the subject. I'm shooting for this weekend to make changes, so there may be some downtime (it's unavoidable, but should be short). I'd like to put us on 1.5.0, but that would undoubtedly mean some quick security patches very quickly, which could mean more problems. Discuss. Gravewit 15:14, 12 Oct 2005 (EST)


 * My thoughts:
 * Let's announce the time on the main page in a special box so people can see it.
 * Is 1.5.0 the latest version or is there later?
 * Can we also discuss a schedule for backups? How frequently do we backup currently? And where are the backups placed?
 * Thanks. --Karlos 15:47, 12 Oct 2005 (EST)


 * 1.5 is the latest stable release, moved out of beta a few days ago. There's the 1.6 alpha (perhaps moving to beta now, I don't keep up with MediaWiki development) which is run on all the large/famous wiki sites.  I'd guess it would be a lot of effort for Gravewit to run 1.6, since he would have to (or, at least really should) keep up with changes and fixes, which isn't a problem for the large sites.  --Fyren 20:10, 12 Oct 2005 (EST)


 * Whilst you're upgrading could you look into this please Talk:Main_Page =) Skuld &Dagger; 17:28, 12 Oct 2005 (EST)