Timwi wrote:
You said "dropping in a directory by FTP". He said "Clicking [something] from inside MediaWiki". I don't know about other people, but I see a huge difference between those. The latter is easier. The former doesn't even have a UI.
The list is there because the extensions are present. They're present because someone uploaded them. You can't of course write files to the disk from the UI because it's locked off, typically, and the idea of fetching code from the web server UI is enough to get you shot for treason.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)