On 16/12/15 16:01, Chris Koerner wrote: > The folks at the foundation are not copying files and running update.php > every time they update Wikipedia. :) They also have a focus on > foundation-sponsored projects and improving things where their constituents > are. Not a lot of Wiki* editors need a better MediaWiki installer. > > I don't believe it is much of a priority - for the foundation or a > significant percentage of third-party administrators. Those who are > dedicated figure it out, new people have to have a lot of patience - or > they are turned away. Which is really sad, IMHO.
Interesting to think that Mediawiki installation and maintenance is a minor part of the what the Foundation do. Mediawiki is a open source project which any group could fork, maintain and develop a "one button updater". Or just develop it as an add on? Package managers abound! Gordo _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
