MediaWiki 1.18/Installation reports

Please record your experience of upgrading or installing 1.18RC1 below:


 * AlexanderMen.com — ☠ MarkAHershberger ☢ (talk) ☣ 03:49, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * upgrading from 1.15.x
 * update.php from cli went smoothly.
 * Custom GuMax skin upgraded from 3.3 (October 31, 2007) to 4.0.1 (January 17, 2011)
 * s/.this->skin->tooltipAndAccesskey/Linker::tooltipAndAccesskeyAttribs/
 * other misc Resource Loaderfication


 * http://www.omegawiki.org/Special:Version
 * upgraded from 1.18alpha (r100589) I know it is a small upgrade, but I was told to report it nevertheless...
 * As always, no problem.
 * --Kipmaster 13:33, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


 * private wiki --Olivier Beaton 20:07, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * upgrading from 1.17.0 w/ ~20ish extensions from the 1.17 trunk or on-wiki code
 * upgrading to 1.18.0 release tarball
 * PHP 5.3.3
 * update.php completed smoothly
 * Extensions needing upgrades:
 * Extension:BreadCrumbs2 Fatal Error in 1.18, needed manual updating.
 * Extension:InputBox undefined MediaWiki::getVal, upgraded to latest.


 * http://www.wikiqueer.org --Varnent 21:09, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * upgrading from 1.17.0 with 40ish extensions mostly in trunk - 4-5 in release branch
 * upgraded to 1.18.0 final svn
 * PHP 5.2.17 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL 5.1.39-log
 * initial testing done on test site (http://lambda.wikiqueer.org) with RC1 - extension compatibility determined then
 * update.php completed smoothly
 * 4-5 extensions in release branch needed switching to 1.18 release branch
 * Extension:Cite
 * Extension:InputBox
 * Extension:FlaggedRevs
 * 1-2 extensions needed to be replaced with similar extensions - mostly extensions related to outputting to sidebar
 * Extension:Dynamic Article List replaced with Extension:DynamicPageList (Wikimedia)
 * Extension:SocialSideBar replaced with Extension:AddThis
 * 1 extensions not working - no replacement or solution found yet
 * Extension:TweetANew - fatal error when called (saving a new article)
 * all instances of collapse related css classes needed to be updated with mw- prefix