-2003-11-08
+2005-06-12
MediaWiki
---------
-MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia
-(http://www.wikipedia.org) and the other Wikimedia
-Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an
-excellent range of features and support for high-traffic
-websites. However, it is generally harder to install. Be
-sure to follow the INSTALL document closely. Installation on
-a Microsoft Windows system is not recommended, however it is
-possible. Documentation for installation on Windows may be
-found at:
+MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org) and the
+other Wikimedia Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an
+excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using
+multiple servers (Wikipedia peaks in the 2500+ requests per second range
+as of June 2005).
- http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_MediaWiki_on_Windows
+While quite usable on smaller sites, you may find you have to "roll your own"
+local documentation, and some aspects of configuration may seem overcomplicated
+because MediaWiki is primarily targeted as an in-house tool.
-The MediaWiki software was written by:
-
-* Lee Daniel Crocker
-* Magnus Manske
-* Jan Hidders
-* Brion Vibber
-* Axel Boldt
-* Geoffrey T. Dairiki
-* Tomasz Wegrzanowski
-* Erik Moeller
-* Tim Starling
-* Several others
+See the files RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL, and UPGRADE for details on system
+requirements and installation procedure.
-These developers hold the copyright to this work, and it is
-licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
-version 2 (see http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative
-works and later versions of the code will also be considered
-free software licensed under the same terms.
-The newly-founded Wikimedia Foundation currently has no
-legal rights to the software, although copyright may be
-assigned to it at a later date. Wikimedia has not funded
-any of the development work.
+The MediaWiki software was written by:
+ * Lee Daniel Crocker
+ * Magnus Manske
+ * Jan Hidders
+ * Brion Vibber
+ * Axel Boldt
+ * Geoffrey T. Dairiki
+ * Tomasz Wegrzanowski
+ * Erik Moeller
+ * Tim Starling
+ * Gabriel Wicke
+ * Ashar Voultoiz
+ * Evan Prodromou
+ * Several others
-Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker or Erik
-Moeller are also released into the public domain, which does
-not impair the obligations of users under the GPL for use
-of the whole code or other sections thereof.
+These developers hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed under the
+terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 (see
+http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later versions of
+the code will also be considered free software licensed under the same terms.
-Many thanks to the Wikipedia regulars for testing and
-suggestions.
+The newly-founded Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the
+software, although copyright may be assigned to it at a later date. Wikimedia
+has not funded any of the development work.
-The code is currently maintained at Sourceforge under the
-project "wikipedia", module name "phase3". You can view the
-code in CVS, report bugs and make feature requests there:
+Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker or Erik Moeller are also
+released into the public domain, which does not impair the obligations of users
+under the GPL for use of the whole code or other sections thereof.
- http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net
+Many thanks to the Wikipedia regulars for testing and suggestions.
-Documentation and discussion on new features may be found
-at:
+The code is currently maintained at SourceForge under the project "wikipedia",
+module name "phase3". You can view the code in CVS there:
- http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development
+ http://www.mediawiki.org/
-If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software,
-it is highly recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-l:
+Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system:
- http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
+ http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org
-The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily
-for announcements of new versions, bug fixes, and security
-issues.
+Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at:
-PHP
+ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ
+ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide
+ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development
+
-The code is written in PHP. Version 4.3.2 or higher is
-recommended. There are known issues with early 4.2.x
-releases.
+If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly
+recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce:
-MySQL
+ http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
-MediaWiki requires MySQL 3.23 or later, and PHP-MySQL.
-Version 4.0 or later is strongly recommended
+The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily for
+announcements of new versions, bug fixes, and security issues.
-Operating system
-The code was written on and for Linux, and no attempt
-has been made to make it portable to other OSs. The
-math support in particular has run-time dependencies on
-things like TeTeX and GhostScript that are generally
-found in Linux but not other OSs. However, we have had
-reports of successful installation on Windows, albeit
-without TeX support.
+For installation and upgrade details, see the files RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL,
+and UPGRADE.
dépôts / lhc / web / wiklou.git / blobdiff