[Moin-user] Upgrading

[Roger Haase]

I downloaded and unpacked moin-1.5.7.tar.gz on W/XP with Winzip and
there is a .../Moin-1.5.7/docs/README.migration file dated 7/1/2006. 
It appears to be the same as that distributed with 1.5.6.

Roger Haase



--- Daniel Klein <danielk at featherbrain.net> wrote:

> Thanks Roger, but I have a 1.5.6 installation and there is no
> 'README.migration' file anywhere to be found. Perhaps this was a file
> on
> previous releases.
> 
> Daniel Klein
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: moin-user-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:moin-user-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Roger
> Haase
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 17:35
> To: moin-user at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Moin-user] Upgrading
> 
> 
> --- Daniel Klein <danielk at featherbrain.net> wrote:
> 
> > Is upgrading from 1.5.6 to 1.5.7 a simple matter of just installing
> 
> > over the top of what I already have? Or do I need to save and
> restore 
> > my customized wiki?
> > 
> > I have searched the documentation and, while there are lots of it
> to 
> > do with installation, I cannot find anything about upgrading other 
> > than to read the 'changes' notes.
> > 
> > Please advise.
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> 
> On 1.5.6, there was a docs/README.migration.  This is referenced in
> the
> docs/CHANGES file under the version 1.5.5 changes.  The start of
> docs/README.migration from 1.5.6 is pasted below.
> 
> Before you start a migration, backups are a good idea.  Then you
> unzip/unpack the moin release, do the "python setup.py install..."
> thing, copy over the underlay directory (if your previous
> installation made
> a copy), and run the migration script per the instructions below. 
> You may want to look over the new wikiconfig.py and merge your
> customized
> changes into the new version.
> 
> Note the above is based on my 1.5.6 experience, I haven't installed
> 1.5.7 yet.
> 
> Roger Haase
> 
> 
> '''
> This file documents the necessary steps for migrating your data/ dir
> to the
> latest moin version. It is in reverse order, the latest stuff is at
> the top.
> 
> We don't talk about underlay/ directory here (you simply throw it
> away and
> install the new one provided).
> 
> Post 1.5.3 new style migration
> ==============================
> 
> First you have to do all steps described in the sections below or it
> won't
> work.
> 
> After you have switched to new style migration, the procedure will be
> the
> same with every moin upgrade, simply follow these steps:
> 
>   a) First switch to the user of your data directory (www-data
> normally):
>       e. g. sudo -u www-data sh
>       or su www-data
> 
>   b) Invoke the following command:
>       moin --config-dir=/path/to/config_dir
> --wiki-url=wiki.example.org/
> migration data 
> 
>       Note: If you did not use setup.py, you can call the moin script
> directly. It is
>       located in MoinMoin/script/moin.py
> 
> The new style mig stuff will then load the config for that wiki, get
> into
> its data_dir, read the 'meta' file content and determine what it has
> to do
> internally.
> 
> 1.5.3 migration
> ===============
> 
> First make sure you have run all the old mig scripts ONCE (and only
> once) on
> your data dirs.
> 
> The old style stuff moved here: MoinMoin/script/old/migration/
> 
> In that directory, there is also a new 152_to_1050300.py mig script -
> you
> need to run it as the last mig script to switch to new style mig
> scripts.
> It puts a file "meta" in your data dirs that hold the
> data_format_revision
> value. The new style mig scripts use that value to make it much
> simpler for
> you in future.
> 
> After this, please continue in section "Post 1.5.3 new style
> migration".
> 
> 1.3.4/1.3.5 migration
> =====================
> <<<<snip>>>
> '''
> 
> 
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