I think XAMPP-type setups are actually probably going to adapt well here -- since you have full system access you can install and run NodeJS-based services as well. And an installer frontend can help manage setup so you don't have to manually do much.
My biggest worry is the small installation on a server where the maintainer doesn't have full admin/root access -- shared departmental web servers or shared-PHP hosting services.
-- brion
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:16 AM, James HK jamesin.hongkong.1@gmail.com wrote:
While I agree that the most important cases should be *really* easy, I worry about the implication that all other cases (including development
of
core MediaWiki without using VMs) should necessarily be allowed to be *really* complex.
If I'm no longer able to run MediaWiki from a XAMPP installation (as part of the development process) without breaking my fingers due to an overlay complicated setup that would require me to read a book before the first line of code hits the editor then its time to put MW in a box and look for something else.
Cheers
On 1/29/15, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) bjorsch@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Gabriel Wicke gwicke@wikimedia.org wrote:
I think that we can help most users more if we identify the most
important
use cases and focus on making those *really* easy. The installation in exotic scenarios should still be supported, but I think it's okay if it involves following some instructions manually.
While I agree that the most important cases should be *really* easy, I worry about the implication that all other cases (including development
of
core MediaWiki without using VMs) should necessarily be allowed to be *really* complex.
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