[Mediawiki-l] Extension manager

[Gary Kirk]

I think one of the main advantages of such an extension manager is for
people on shared hosts/non-techies etc who haven't got a clue what
'the shell' is. IMO, this needs to be web-based.

On 10/06/07, Platonides <Platonides at gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael B Allen wrote:
> > To be able to upload a package file, the web server needs write access
> > to the extensions directory. This is fatally flawed because anyone who
> > can run a web script can now overwrite your auth plugin with their own
> > hacked version of it.
> >
> > So whatever you do, just make sure you can always do it the old-fashioned
> > way - putting the file to the extensions dir and adding two lines to
> > LocalSettings.php.
> >
> > Mike
>
> Trying to make an Extension to add the extensions is a bit like pushing
> the line.
> I'd make it a separate app. Either a php script *to run from the shell*
> or a complete GUI app intended to be run on the user local system.
>
> The user would only need to have a local copy of the web files, point
> the script to that folder to update, and then synchronise this folder
> with the server directory.
>
> It can also check for some common errors, like the BOM on LocalSettings.
>
>
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Gary Kirk