> While I agree that the most important cases should be *really* easy, I > worry about the implication that all other cases (including development of > core MediaWiki without using VMs) should necessarily be allowed to be > *really* complex.
If I'm no longer able to run MediaWiki from a XAMPP installation (as part of the development process) without breaking my fingers due to an overlay complicated setup that would require me to read a book before the first line of code hits the editor then its time to put MW in a box and look for something else. Cheers On 1/29/15, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) <bjor...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Gabriel Wicke <gwi...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> I think that we can help most users more if we identify the most important >> use cases and focus on making those *really* easy. The installation in >> exotic scenarios should still be supported, but I think it's okay if it >> involves following some instructions manually. >> > > While I agree that the most important cases should be *really* easy, I > worry about the implication that all other cases (including development of > core MediaWiki without using VMs) should necessarily be allowed to be > *really* complex. > > > -- > Brad Jorsch (Anomie) > Software Engineer > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
