[dokuwiki] Re: How to update to a latest doku wiki?

Hello,


I noticed that doku wiki doesn't have an on-line update.
So is it possible to enable this feature?


Unfortunately, the admins are currently left alone with this task.
I wrote a bash-script myself for aiding in upgrade process. It follows this theory: - keep a current, unused version, of dokuwiki apart in a seperate directory - when createing a new wiki instance and BEFORE any modifications, duplicate the dokuwiki directory to dw_pristine - keep dokuwiki/data as it is and configure it to be anywhere else, outside dokuwiki path (for protection reasons) - when an update should be made, get the diffs between the current dokuwiki and it's dw_pristine. These are YOUR changes to keep. - after determine your own changes, create a copy from the latest sources and try to copy over your changes. - check if a file/dir exist in the latest source, if so, you must diff and maybe better resolve this manually (you usually should not change the dokuwiki core sources!) - if everything is copied over, simply replace the current dokuwiki with the merged one and replace dw_pristine with the latest sources, for the new update.
This way i maintain a whole farm of dokuwikis since a long time. It works well. Maybe a little bit clumsy but efficient.
(if anyone interessted in that, just write me a note and i publish the whole setup) 

Oliver
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