On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:30 AM, John W. Foster <[email protected]> wrote: >> So now I'm asking you guys. Any interest? > > Interested yes...but I use the Debian stable to run my servers, and have > adopted the process of using the tarballs myself as there is absolutely > no reason to use a "debianized version". That being said if you want to > increase the user base then by all means allow the 'debian developers' > to repackage the tarballs as they see fit. I see no reason to do > otherwise. I do suggest setting up a website to manage this separate > from any of the mediawiki sites complete with all the tools to manage > the software source code and the process of distribution. I would gladly > assist in this.
Moving the distribution of MediaWiki off of mediawiki.org will just fork the efforts in the long run, imho. I think we can accomplish the goal of packaging without creating a new site. -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
