Dear Mark.
I've tested the PHP and the MySQL; both seem to work;
and I loaded the mediawiki 1.21.
Files loaded
http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.tar.gz
seem to be the same as offered at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_Git
Is it so?
I begin with reading the description, id est, files REARME* and INSTALL .
The place to put these fiels is difficult to guess.
No simple algorithm to choose this place is presented.
The descriptions at
mediawiki.org cited suggest sevral screens of
speculations about, but it is difficult to apply them practically.
The simple recommendation should be placed at the top,
indicating, where should the beginner put the files in
order to get workable (and preferably, robust and stable) wiki-site.
Also, consider to specify the requirements mentioned at file
INSTALL at the preamble of the articles in Mediawiki.
You could provide some tests, how the beginner can guess,
does he/she have the PHP and/or MySQL or not.
The test should not force the user to learn PHP and MySQL
in order to understand, do they run well or not.
Tomorrow I hope to run the mediawiki 1.21; then I'll type more.
On Sun, 31 Mar 2013, Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
I've just finished preparing the first release
candidate for MediaWiki
1.21 and I'd like your help testing it before the final release.
Please download the release candidate and test it. If you find any bugs
please report them on Bugzilla[1] and make sure I am added as a CC so
that we can fix any show-stoppers before the final release.
Finally, if you could also look over
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.21, I'll be using an edited
version of that to make the final announcement. If you spot problems or
areas that could use clarification, your help in improving it would be
appreciated.
[1]
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki&cc=mah@e…
Full release notes:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21
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Download:
http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.tar.gz
Patch to previous version (1.20.0), without interface text:
http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.patch.gz
Interface text changes:
http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-i18n-1.21.0rc1.patch.gz
GPG signatures:
http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.tar.gz.sig
http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.patch.gz.sig
http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-i18n-1.21.0rc1.patch.gz.s…
Public keys:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/keys.html
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