[wp-hackers] Suggestion: option to backup database and files before upgrading WordPress

[William Canino]

> And thus, there's a ticket already:
> http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10666
> ...albeit it didn't get much traction.

Would such a "rollback" be a simple full-folder-restore +
full-database-restore?  I ask because (a) not all upgrades change the
database schema and (b) what if the existing version is Billy
Strayhorn?

It'll be sweeeeet if WP can rollback a borked 3.0 upgrade back to 1.0.


2009/10/27 Xavier Borderie <xavier at borderie.net>:
> Aah, "rollback", that's the keyword I couldn't remember while writing
> that long explanation. Would've saved me a couple paragraphs :)
>
> And thus, there's a ticket already:
> http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10666
> ...albeit it didn't get much traction.
>
> I'd vote for changed from "Future Release" to "3.0". Other projects
> implement it already, it would be a shame to see WP lag behind.
>
> -x.
>
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> 2009/10/27 scribu <scribu at gmail.com>:
>> A rollback mechanism was discussed in a dev-meet in September I think.
>> Don't know if there's a ticket for it alreay or not.
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