Incorrect/Vague Upgrade Instructions

Bug #174227 reported by Pobice
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
mediawiki1.10 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: mediawiki1.10

I've recently gone throught the upgrade procedure for Mediawiki using the guide in /usr/share/doc/mediawiki1.10/README.Debian.gz and it looks like the file needs a few tweak for Ubuntu & could be expanded a little.

Surrgestions for changes

After step 2:

2.5) If AdminSettings.php didn't exist, you'll need to create one:
 cp /usr/share/doc/mediawiki1.10/examples/AdminSettings.sample /etc/mediawiki1.10/AdminSettings.php
Update AdminSettings.php with database details etc

Step 8 doesn't need to be done. The moving and symlinking appears to be done by the package already and using the chmod and chown steps will break mediawiki in ubuntu.

It might also be worth mention extenension. In my case all I had to do to deal with the fact I have installed extension in 1.7 was run
 cp -R /var/lib/mediawiki1.7/extensions/* /var/lib/mediawiki1.10/extensions

Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in mediawiki1.10:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in mediawiki1.10 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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