wiki.laptop.org upgrade

[Bernie Innocenti]

Samuel Klein wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Bernie Innocenti
>> I'd volunteer to work on a "testwiki.laptop.org" running a copy of
>> Mediawiki with its own database, where we could performs upgrades.
> 
> OK, but I think it's often unnecessary for wikis - you can switch the
> db to read-only mode instead.

How would one keep running the previous version while testing the new
one with just one database?  The schema changes aren't backwards
compatible, right?

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