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.…
# 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:
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>>>>>>
{{OpenTag}}
>>>>>>
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Output is:
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<p>
>>>>>>
</p>
<table bgcolor="<span">
>>>>>>
</table>
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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:
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* MySQL 3.23.x is no longer supported.
* PHP 4.1/4.2 is no longer supported.
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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.