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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Eugene,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I started this conversation a
bit sooner than I originally planned, precipitated by a request today for a new
wiki… In the next few days I will work through a complete upgrade from a
version typical of what is installed to a more current release. Once that’s
done, I’ll be able to better answer your question about how easy the upgrade
process is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Here is a list of the wikis that
I’m referring to… They run a mix of MediaWiki versions
including 1.5.3, 1.5.7, 1.5.8, 1.6.8 and 1.15.4 .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/g8/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/g7/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/bonus/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/g9/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/eg4/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/g13/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/g13/wiki_secure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/e1-dvcs/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/eg3/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/lowq/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/g12/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/piprod/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/e6/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/eg1-dvcs/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/tpe/wiki">http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/tpe/wiki</a>
(this one was installed a few months ago using the new config.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/rungroups/e1-dvcs2/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/csc/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/wiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/ungaro/homepage/mywiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/testwiki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://clasweb.jlab.org/wiki12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>In addition to the basic
upgrade, migration might be further complicated if there are extensions
installed. I just made a quick survey of the installed wikis and it appears
that there are only a couple of extensions installed on a couple of discrete
instances. This is very good news.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Marty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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