[Moin-user] Migrating from 0.11

[Thomas Waldmann]

> Problem is, I wont be able to upgrade to 1.5.9 - it’s a live environment, with other things running on the server.

Hmm, I don't see the problem.

If you have to be extremely careful due to "mission critical or 24/7"
requirements, you can setup a test wiki in parallel and first try the
stuff there.

With rather recent moins (e.g. 1.7.1), trying something separate gets
rather trivial because you just have to start ./wikiserver.py to have a
running wiki. No server setup required.

> Ill have a look into upgrading from .11 to 1.2.4, but was hoping there was some easier way.

It's not a question of easier or more complicated. It is just the
question if you / your wiki users can manage a really big leap in one go
or prefer to do 2 or 3 smaller leaps.

1.3 and 1.6 are kind of "boundaries" where bigger changes happened (but
all have migration script support).

In the end, the total effort to go from 0.11 to 1.2.4 to 1.5.9 is only
slightly more than when going from 0.11 to 1.5.9.

>  I guess .11 is so archaic no-one else has done this.

I am sure many moin users have successfully done that step - about 6 or
7 years ago. :D

> Due to time constraints I may just have to install .11 on the new server and just run with that.

As already offered, I can help.

I think it would just create an even bigger problem in the future if you
keep the stoneage stuff for longer.

And I also guess nobody tested 0.11 on python 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 (although
that might be not a big problem because newer pythons are usually
compatible to older ones).

And of course newer moins tend to have some bugs fixed that the older
stuff had and also some nice features you might like.