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

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Taking only a minute to think about it.... but for the number of times 
I've upgraded (all the way from .72 days to 1.2.3).... I've probably had 
this happen to me five or six times..... out of a dozen or so. But 
what's weird is that it happens on *some files* and never always the 
same ones, it's a different set each time.

Whether it is me, my ISP or my FTP, I've never been able to figure out. 
What is so wrong about deleting the files? Granted, it's just one more 
thing to do, but if it saves hours of agony.... then it's worth 
90seconds to run the delete.

-tg



Vogel, Andrew (vogelap) wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Ryan Duff
>> http://ryanduff.net
>> AIM: ryancduff
>> irc.freenode.net #wordpress
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