db changes are fairly easy to take care of during an update (Just running update.php handles all of it) I personally prefer the LTS branches due to having less maintenance needs.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Bináris <[email protected]> wrote: > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/ > master/RELEASE-NOTES-1.28 > > * User::isBot() method for checking if an account is a bot role account. > > * Added a new hook, 'UserIsBot', to aid in determining if a user is a > bot. > > > Sounds great! We have been waiting for it for a long time. > Will that work with a time parameter? Can I know somehow that the user WAS > a bot in the time of an edit? > > Other question: release notes say, "1.28 has several database changes since > 1.27, and will not work without schema > updates." > If I want to install a private wiki for private purposes on my own laptop > (on user, offline work, no access from outside), which is better choice: > stable version or 1.28 alpha to avoid database changes later? > > -- > Bináris > _______________________________________________ > 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
