Max Semenik maxsem.wiki@gmail.com writes:
The main issue with packages is not even the version. It is kinda expected that distros don't have bleeding-edge packages, and 1.19 will be supported for almost a year from now.
This was done with Debian specifically in mind.
However all packages I know of (Debian flavors and not) split MW directory and put its parts into different places, trying to follow the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. The result is [...] outright breakages because our code base generally assumes that everything lies in one place.
These are bugs that should be fixed. Release management has worked closely with Debian and Fedora packagers to improve their packaging because, despite any on-wiki disclaimers, people will continue to use "apt-get" and "yum" to install MediaWiki.
Mark.