[Wikitech-l] Composer and the end user of MediaWiki

SMW's introduction of Composer for installation has provided us with real world examples of how the average person who installs a wiki responds when faced with using composer.[1][2][3] The response leads me to think that Composer is a great tool for developers, but a horrible tool for end users. This is frustrating because it takes care of versioning, dependency management and installation. Is there any app (desktop, web-based, or even mobile) that we could point users to so that they could handle composer-based software management without the frustration that we are currently seeing? Footnotes: [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wiki.semediawiki.user/15429 [2] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wiki.semediawiki.user/17216 [3] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wiki.semediawiki.user/17203 -- Mark A. Hershberger NicheWork LLC 717-271-1084