is MW1.3.9 compatible with php 5.0.3 ?
On Jan 5, 2005, at 3:50 PM, NSK wrote:
is MW1.3.9 compatible with php 5.0.3 ?
Should be, with the caveat that the MonoBook skin doesn't work and it will fall back to the old skin.
In 1.4, the MonoBook skin works on PHP5 as it's been rewritten to not require the external PHPTAL library which isn't quite ready for PHP5 yet.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
On Thursday 06 January 2005 02:19, Brion Vibber wrote:
In 1.4, the MonoBook skin works on PHP5 as it's been rewritten to not require the external PHPTAL library which isn't quite ready for PHP5 yet.
Are you planning to backport the php5-compatible Monobook to MW1.3 (1.3.10) ?
On Jan 5, 2005, at 4:34 PM, NSK wrote:
On Thursday 06 January 2005 02:19, Brion Vibber wrote:
In 1.4, the MonoBook skin works on PHP5 as it's been rewritten to not require the external PHPTAL library which isn't quite ready for PHP5 yet.
Are you planning to backport the php5-compatible Monobook to MW1.3 (1.3.10) ?
No. 1.3 is in maintenance phase and receives bug fixes and security corrections only.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
On Thursday 06 January 2005 20:42, Brion Vibber wrote:
Are you planning to backport the php5-compatible Monobook to MW1.3 (1.3.10) ?
No.
But what if 1.4 comes out with some bugs? New features usually introduce new bugs. In that case, users who want a rock-solid stable n secure wiki with PHP5 will be forced to either stay with PHP4/MW1.3.9 or stop having a rock-solid stable n secure wiki.
A PHP5-compatible 1.3.10 release is to the best interest of users, IMO.
On Jan 6, 2005, at 1:53 PM, NSK wrote:
On Thursday 06 January 2005 20:42, Brion Vibber wrote:
Are you planning to backport the php5-compatible Monobook to MW1.3 (1.3.10) ?
No.
But what if 1.4 comes out with some bugs? New features usually introduce new bugs. In that case, users who want a rock-solid stable n secure wiki with PHP5 will be forced to either stay with PHP4/MW1.3.9 or stop having a rock-solid stable n secure wiki.
MediaWiki 1.3 isn't exactly "rock-solid stable". ;)
If we're not doing something you like, do it yourself.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
Oh good. A volunteer.
Seriously, it is not a real high priority to port 1.3 to PHP5. (I'm not even a developer!) If you want to do it yourself, feel free. But I don't think any of the full-time developers are working on it. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:53:23 +0200, NSK nsk2@wikinerds.org wrote:
On Thursday 06 January 2005 20:42, Brion Vibber wrote:
Are you planning to backport the php5-compatible Monobook to MW1.3 (1.3.10) ?
No.
But what if 1.4 comes out with some bugs? New features usually introduce new bugs. In that case, users who want a rock-solid stable n secure wiki with PHP5 will be forced to either stay with PHP4/MW1.3.9 or stop having a rock-solid stable n secure wiki.
A PHP5-compatible 1.3.10 release is to the best interest of users, IMO.
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NSK wrote:
On Thursday 06 January 2005 20:42, Brion Vibber wrote:
Are you planning to backport the php5-compatible Monobook to MW1.3 (1.3.10) ?
No.
But what if 1.4 comes out with some bugs? New features usually introduce new bugs. In that case, users who want a rock-solid stable n secure wiki with PHP5 will be forced to either stay with PHP4/MW1.3.9 or stop having a rock-solid stable n secure wiki.
A PHP5-compatible 1.3.10 release is to the best interest of users, IMO.
What's wrong with MW1.4?
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:53:23 +0200, NSK nsk2@wikinerds.org wrote:
On Thursday 06 January 2005 20:42, Brion Vibber wrote:
Are you planning to backport the php5-compatible Monobook to MW1.3 (1.3.10) ?
No.
But what if 1.4 comes out with some bugs? New features usually introduce new bugs. In that case, users who want a rock-solid stable n secure wiki with PHP5 will be forced to either stay with PHP4/MW1.3.9 or stop having a rock-solid stable n secure wiki.
You rather defeat your own argument here, IMHO: "1.3.x is stable because no major features are being added to it; therefore, you should port this major feature (a completely rewritten default skin, for compatibility with PHP5) to 1.3.x". If you want 1.3.x because you "know it works", stick with 1.3.x; if you want major new features (e.g. PHP5 compatibility), upgrade to a major new version (i.e. 1.4).
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