[SAC] [OSGeo] #2004: Upgrade MediaWiki version

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#2004: Upgrade MediaWiki version
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 Reporter:  Jeff McKenna  |       Owner:  sac@…
     Type:  task          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  major         |   Milestone:
Component:  Wiki          |  Resolution:
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Comment (by martin):

 [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.29#Compatibility] says:

 "MediaWiki 1.29 requires PHP 5.5.9 or later."

 The Wiki VM is running on Debian6 which has PHP 5.3.3.1. Thus, upgrading
 MediaWiki requires upgrading the OS beforehand, Debian8 would be minimum.
 Given the fact that upgrading the OSGeo VM's just to Debian7 is pretty
 tricky - due to the disk layout they probably refuse to boot afterwards -
 I wonder, wether it's worth the trouble. Of course we can move the entire
 Wiki to Osgeo6 or some other VM/machine.

 Suggestions, opinions ?

 Aside from that, personally I'd be very much in favour of away from MySQL
 ....

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