Marcin Cieslak wrote:
Matthew Walker <mwalker(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
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https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/PDF_rendering/Architecture
I think requirement number one is that Jimmy the casual MediaWiki
user would be able to install his own renederer without replicating
WMF infrastructure:
Matthew replied on-wiki, but I'll add that there's a dream within the
MediaWiki tech community to be able to simply do "apt-get mediawiki" or
similar on a spun-up virtual machine and everything will quickly and
easily be set up for you.
There's a contrasting view that MediaWiki should only serve as the
platform for Wikimedia wikis (large, high-volume sites) and that it's
overkill for any small wiki setup. This view also usually advocates not
focusing on third-party support, naturally, which removes Jimmy the casual
MediaWiki user from the equation.
Whether either of these ideas (and many more) should guide architectural
design decisions is, of course, a matter of debate. :-)
MZMcBride