[wp-docs] 5-Step Upgrade in Upgrading WordPress

[Vogel, Andrew (vogelap)]

Actually, if the upgrade documentation SPECIFICALLY said what files to
delete that would be better, IMO, than saying, "Delete the wp-content
directory, being sure not to delete your xxx sub-directory under
wp-content". If a user doesn't pre-read (and Lord knows that most of
them do NOT), they'll miss the exceptions.

I've never seen an app that instructs you to delete everything first. I
know that WordPress is special; I don't understand what's special about
it that requires me to delete instead of overwrite.

What is the estimated percentage of installations that encounter the
"overwrite issue"?

-andrew vogel
Manager of Professional Programs
University of Cincinnati
College of Pharmacy 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-docs-bounces at lists.automattic.com 
> [mailto:wp-docs-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Duff
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 1:33 PM
> To: WordPress Documentation
> Subject: Re: [wp-docs] 5-Step Upgrade in Upgrading WordPress
> 
> Podz wrote:
> > Vogel, Andrew (vogelap) wrote:
> >> What's the risk of overwriting? I've never encountered 
> 'overwriting 
> >> issues' in any other PHP-based software I've run, so I am 
> curious why 
> >> WordPress is different from others...
> > 
> > Risk ? None.
> > Hassle for users when they get errors because their server 
> screws up ? Yes.
> > Forums helpers tired of saying "Delete first" ? Yes.
> > Time spent in forums doing so ? Lots.
> > Time to alter 1 doc and keep it that way ? Seconds.
> > 
> > Would it hurt for the 'official' docs to say 'Delete' ? NO.
> > 
> > P.
> 
> Yes, but the whole point was to trim the install doc down 
> from saying delete this, this and that, oh, and make sure you 
> don't delete your wp-config.php file. Upload the new files 
> then go on. How many other projects tell the users to delete 
> the whole install before uploading the new files? None that I 
> can think of.
> 
> Maybe what we need is a "recommended" ftp program and have it 
> documented to say what the settings should be in the codex.
> 
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