On 30/12/13 23:21, Tyler Romeo wrote:
As the subject implies, there is a variable named $wgDBmysql5. I am inclined to believe that the purpose of this variable is to use features only available in MySQL 5.0 or later. The specific implementation affects the encoding in the database.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgDBmysql5
Right now MediaWiki installation requirements say you need MySQL 5.0.2 or later. So my question is: is this configuration variable still necessary, or should it be deprecated?
I think it is, for schemas created without it.