Wanted to note that going from 1.16.5 to 1.17.0 on CentOS 5.1 (what my org is using, and they are testing 5.5) -- I had to install PHP from remi. Even 5.5 doesn't have good enough for 1.17. I also had to recompile the UTF8 support because of a missing option.
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Chad <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote: >> right, if I understand this, the problem is only with installer, so >> wouldn't it be better just to make some workaround for older versions of >> php for installer rather than forcing user to upgrade, while it actually >> doesn't have effect on mediawiki which is already installed and working? >> > > We wouldn't be forcing anyone to upgrade unless they're attempting a > fresh MediaWiki installation and using < 5.2.7. > > And TBH: if we wait for CentOS to support 5.3, we'll be looking at 5.2 > support for another 5 or 6 years. But we're not bumping to 5.3 support > anyway, this is just a minor jump from 5.2.3 -> .7 > > -Chad > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
