Is it at all possible to turn on the {{msg:}} transclusion without having the database messages on?
We had {{msg:}} transclusion enabled on Wikitravel up until moving to MediaWiki 1.2.x, after which I had to turn on the DB messages, too, to have this work.
We _don't_ have memcache up, and I don't really have the wherewithal to get it working. Retrieving all the interface messages from the DB for every single page hit is inestimably wasteful, and has measurable time costs.
Any help appreciated.
~ESP
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