[wp-hackers] Updating Codex to newer MediaWiki version

[Ryan McCue]

Matt Mullenweg wrote:
> It has been attempted several times over the past several years. For 
> whatever reason Mediawiki upgrade scripts fail and no one involved 
> with their project was able to help us. There's no other reason we're 
> on an old version.
>
What about upgrading to 1.6.10 or lower first, then upgrading to the 
latest? It may work doing it incrementally, rather than in one big jump.

Ryan.