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"It was announced at WordCamp San Francisco last year that WordPress and
> WordPress MU would be merging codebases. This has now happened in 3.0-alpha,
> and we’re working on smashing bugs and tidying up a few screens. If you’re
> currently using a single install of WordPress, when you upgrade to 3.0 you
> won’t see any of the extra screens associated with running a network of
> sites. If you’re currently running MU, when you upgrade you’ll notice a few
> labels changing, but upgrading should be as painless as usual. If you’re
> going to set up a new WordPress installation, you’ll be asked as part of the
> setup if you want one site or multiple sites, so that’s pretty simple. If
> you want to turn your single install into one that supports multiple sites,
> we’ll have a tool for you to use to do that, too. So if you’ve been worried
> about the merge, have a cup of chamomile tea and relax; it will all be
> fine."
>
So you might need the special tool to convert the single install to multiple
sites, but the OP should still be fine starting out with v2.9.2.
Mike McCallister
Now available: "WordPress in Depth" (with Bud Smith)
Author, "openSUSE Linux Unleashed"
Notes from the Metaverse: http://metaverse.wordpress.com
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I don'# discount your experience, having written the book on
> Wordpress. But doesn't the WP blog recommend new users start with
> WPMU, to ease the upgrade path to 3.0?
>
> >From what I read, upgrading WP single user to 3.0 will require a manual
> patch.
>
> -Tony
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