Marco Schuster <[email protected]> wrote:

> [...]
>>> -I don't want to go to my ftp to download my local settings file, add a few 
>>> lines then reupload it. This is caveman-like behavior for the modern 
>>> internet.

>> Get a host that supports SSH. Use VI, Emacs, nano, pico, etc.
> HAHAHA, sorry but this way of thinking is stone-age. Who are we to
> require our users to get more expensive hosting AND knowledge of
> VI/Emacs (a newbie most likely won't have HEARD of ssh, vi and emacs!)
> just for being able to modify the core settings of a wiki without
> having the FTP extra work? Come on, it's so easy to make a web-based
> settings editor. Mighta even be lots easier to just move all settings
> stuff except MySQL data into the DB.

If it's so easy,
<URI:http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Configuration_database>
awaits your patches :-).

Tim


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