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 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
