Are you keeping up to date with the code?
Probably not!
Let me see if I can repo with latest stable, 1.5.8:
# wget -q http://superb.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/wikipedia/mediawiki-1.5.8.tar.g... # tar zfx mediawiki-1.5.8.tar.gz # mv wiki old-wiki # mv mediawiki-1.5.8 wiki # cp old-wiki/LocalSettings.php wiki
[[UsesOpenTag]] contains: ----------------------------
>
{{OpenTag}}
>
----------------------------
Output is: ---------------------------- <p>>>>>>>>
</p> <table bgcolor="<span">
>
</table> ----------------------------
So I get the same behaviour with 1.5.8 - which I believe is the most up to date released version that I can get.
Exactly how "up to date" do you mean? If you're talking CVS-checkout up-to-date, then no, I'm not up to date. But neither are most people, I daresay. What I'm personal interested in is the behaviour of released available-now production-ready-here-and-now latest-and-greatest-stable-version software, for the simple reason that that's the software I know I'll use.
However, undeterred, I checked out from CVS following the cvs checkout instructions on http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_CVS :
# mkdir cvs # cd cvs # cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/wikipedia co -rHEAD -P phase3 # cd .. # mv wiki mediawiki-1.5.8 # mv cvs/phase3 wiki # cp mediawiki-1.5.8/LocalSettings.php wiki
... and found that I can't run it without upgrading my system: ---------------------------- * MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported. * PHP 4.1/4.2 is no longer supported. ----------------------------
Completely ignoring the directions, I tried to use it anyway, but got various errors. No big surprise, but it didn't hurt to try. So, short of upgrading the system I'm using, it's as up-to-date as can be.
All the best, Nick.