On 07/07/06, Ulisse Savi ulisavi@tin.it wrote:
I need to insert the wikipedia mirror in a group of many different sites (i have almost 200 sites). And i need to use Plesk, that not allow PHP 5.1. (only 5.04)
Sucks to be you, eh?
Yes. Wikipedia dumps are for 1.7. And, AT THE MOMENT, the unique stable version is 1.6.
Actually, MediaWiki 1.7.0 has been released.
Only 50/60 servers use php 5.1.4.2 in the entire internet and
60% of all statistics, including this one, are pulled from people's rear ends. Fascinating little world, isn't it?
PHP 5.0.x branch is old, obsolete and unmaintained.
some articles tell that 1.7 require 5.1 and some other that it is not required (and 5 is sufficient).
We *think* it might work with 5.0.x but we haven't been testing it against it. I run PHP 5.1.4 on all testing and development boxes, as do the other core developers; Wikimedia wikis run 5.1.4 too. No one is absolutely sure, hence we up the requirement to avoid whinging later.
Your words are a little offensive for me. You are a little badly educated
Take offense all you like, but it's not down to bad education. Far from it; it's down to an upbringing and a life which so far hasn't encouraged me to spoon feed people. I concede I could have been a little less...provocative...but you really need to learn not to break into hysterics in mails to a public mailing list. It isn't the fault of the audience here that you're stuck behind a bunch of arcane restrictions, whether that's voluntary or otherwise.
Rob Church