[Mediawiki-l] 1.4.9 -> 1.5.0: external links as relative links ?

[ralf-buero at kruedewagen.de]

Hi everybody,

I have a problem with external links after updating from 1.4.9. to 
1.5.0.

With 1.4.9 it was possible to use a relative link within external 
mediawiki-links like

[http:../../mypage/ MyHTML Page]

Mediawiki 1.4.9 converts this to http://<FQDN>/mypage/ (mypage is a 
directory in the webserver document root), and I was able to link to 
non-mediawiki page on the same server without using a FQDN in the 
mediawiki-link. This has the big advantage that the FQDN could change 
and the mediawiki content does not need to be updated.

But with 1.5.0 this syntax does not work anymore. It seems that an 
external link MUST now start with http:// . My old links like

[http:../../mypage/ MyHTML Page]

are not shown as links anymore but as is.

[http:../../mypage/ MyHTML Page]

Does anybody know how I could use an external link to a page on the 
same server (aka relative link) without using an absolute 
http://<FQDN> ?

Or is there a way to go back to the 1.4.9 feature by small changes in 
the sources of 1.5.0.

Thanks in advance
Ralf