[3:10pm] I don't know how much this is just me trusting the system more or if it's actually getting easier.  This time around, I upgraded three sites from MT 3.2 and one site from MT 3.33 to 3.34.  All I had to do was download the tar ball to the server, and as each user copy the files over the MT tree.  For the MT 3.2 ones, I had to login and go through the upgrade script.  That took about 3 seconds each to finish (not counting finding the passwords and logging in).

Overall, I'm pretty impressed with how well this works.  I've yet to have any compatibility issues, even though most of the sites have multiple (virtual) blogs on them that have been around since 1.x or 2.x days.  I haven't had to touch the config files nor have the upgrades broken anything.  Sure, I don't always get the latest and greatest features because I use custom templates, but certain things like better spam filtering will happen regardless.

Now I'm off to see if this "FastCGI" stuff is worth the trouble, if it's any trouble to begin with.

-- Some Time Passes --

[5:20pm] Alright, so getting FastCGI working is a real PITA.  I think it's working now, though, but I've left the standard scripts around, too, so they'll work properly for anything pointing at them still.  I don't know if it's any faster, though.  And eventually I'll have to apply it to all of the blogs, if it holds up on mine.  In the end, it probably wasn't worth the trouble, though.

[6:52pm] I've reverted away from FastCGI.  Uploads weren't working.  Not sure I'll worry about switching back, either, but we'll see.

Posted by Shane on January 27, 2007 5:20 PM | Permalink