On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:30 AM, John W. Foster <jfoster81747(a)verizon.net> wrote:
So now I'm
asking you guys. Any interest?
Interested yes...but I use the Debian stable to run my servers, and have
adopted the process of using the tarballs myself as there is absolutely
no reason to use a "debianized version". That being said if you want to
increase the user base then by all means allow the 'debian developers'
to repackage the tarballs as they see fit. I see no reason to do
otherwise. I do suggest setting up a website to manage this separate
from any of the mediawiki sites complete with all the tools to manage
the software source code and the process of distribution. I would gladly
assist in this.
Moving the distribution of MediaWiki off of
mediawiki.org will just
fork the efforts in the long run, imho. I think we can accomplish the
goal of packaging without creating a new site.
-Chad