And Lo, in Huntsville There Was Much Groaning …
… for WordPress 1.5.1 has now been released.
Actually, this upgrade should be a snap, thanks to themes. But still, no upgrade is terribly much fun. I’m going to see if I can build myself a customized tarball to support my implementations … if so, the upgrade shouldn’t be much more than “replace files” and “upgrade db as necessary”.
At least it’s getting lots easier. 
Posted May 9th, 2005 in WordPress.
Well… maybe tonight I’ll get canspice.org upgraded now that 1.5.1 is out.
No, it’s not an irrational fear of x.0 releases, I swear.
May 9th, 2005 at 15:47I’ve got an easy-to-run tarball that’ll do the upgrade to 1.5.0 lickety-split, Brad. The only thing you really have to do is make a theme of your template…
May 9th, 2005 at 15:49You need version control my friend - each WP install as a SVN checkout would make things a lot easier, plus you get revision history.
May 9th, 2005 at 16:17You’re certainly right that I should have that. Got a pointer on how I can set that up on my box?
May 9th, 2005 at 16:19http://subversion.tigris.org/
I don’t do server administration, so I’m afraid I’m not very useful in terms of how to set it up. The installers for OS X worked well for me.
May 9th, 2005 at 16:38Geof:
I can probably help you out with that at some point. I’ve played around a bit with Subversion on a test box here at the house.
Most of the work involved in getting a “standard” installation running comes from installing Apache 2 on the box you want to use as a server. Alternatively, you can install a standalone “svnserve” process. Each has advantages/disadvantages.
If you want to research, check out:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/
(look at the docs for version 1.1. It’s the current one.) Otherwise, catch me at the gathering tomorrow night, and we can talk more about it.
I’m SERIOUSLY thinking about getting this set up to help me maintain slidingconstant.net.
May 9th, 2005 at 18:24I Found What 1.5.1 Breaks
Seems like there’s always something that a WordPress upgrade [like today’s upgrade to 1.5.1] breaks in terms of backwards compatibility; I found it as I upgraded. The WP Loop is a bit different in the 1.5 era, and while 1.5.0 tolerated th…
May 9th, 2005 at 21:49