Mediawiki upgrade

• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading_to_1.12#Back_up_existing_files_and_the_database
• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading_to_1.13#Back_up_existing_files_and_the_database
• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading_to_1.14#Back_up_existing_files_and_the_database

While the upgrade scripts are well-maintained and robust, things could still go pear-shaped. Before proceeding to update the database schema, make a full backup of the wiki, including both the database and the files:

• the wiki's content, from the database. It may be a good idea to create an XML dump in addition to the SQL database dump.
  • text dump: mysqldump --all-databases > file.txt
  • xml dump: mysqldump --all-databases --xml > file.xml
• images and other media files (the contents of the images directory)
• configuration files, i.e. LocalSettings.php and AdminSettings.php (if present)
• MediaWiki's program files, including all skins and extensions, especially if you modified them.

See also

• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki
• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysqldump.html

shell> mysqldump [options] db_name [tables]
shell> mysqldump [options] --databases db_name1 [db_name2 db_name3...]
shell> mysqldump [options] --all-databases

• • mysqldump --tab=/path/to/some/dir --opt db_name

files to be changed

• w\mul\languages\messages\messagesen.php line 161

//$defaultDateFormat = 'dmy or mdy';
$defaultDateFormat = 'ISO 8601';//line by tobias

• w\mul\includes\ChangesList.php ca 188

//$s .= $this->message['semicolon-separator'] . ' ' . $wgLang->time( $rc->mAttribs['rc_timestamp'], true, true ) . ' . . ';
//tango.info

$s .= $wgLang->time( $rc->mAttribs['rc_timestamp'], true, true ) . ' ';

//$s .= $this->skin->userLink( $rc->mAttribs['rc_user'], $rc->mAttribs['rc_user_text'] );
//$s .= $this->skin->userToolLinks( $rc->mAttribs['rc_user'], $rc->mAttribs['rc_user_text'] );
//tango.info
$s .= "". $this->skin->userLink( $rc->mAttribs['rc_user'], $rc->mAttribs['rc_user_text'] ) . ": ";

258

$this->insertTimestamp($s,$rc);
$this->insertUserRelatedLinks($s,$rc);