="code">bin</span>
                directory, while preserving any user extensions in the
                <span class="code">bin/user</span> directory
            </li>
            <li>Save a copy of the old <span class="code">weewx.conf</span> as
                <span class='code'>weewx.conf.YYYYMMDDHHMMSS</span>
            </li>
            <li>Merge any changes made to the old configuration file
                <span class="code">weewx.conf</span> into the new configuration
                file, then in