X-Git-Url: http://git.heureux-cyclage.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fdistributors.txt;h=729dffa3a128a31c4aa39c0d8fd29ca4a9f81abd;hb=296fe3b9009ec86aed06be88f9f08c400a09d78b;hp=758111009f3fdd40f441e856686656cad4d0abe2;hpb=bed43f525501ddf80995daa8e406414500ce3d1d;p=lhc%2Fweb%2Fwiklou.git diff --git a/docs/distributors.txt b/docs/distributors.txt index 758111009f..729dffa3a1 100644 --- a/docs/distributors.txt +++ b/docs/distributors.txt @@ -87,10 +87,15 @@ which the user can edit by hand thereafter. It's just a plain old PHP file, and can contain any PHP statements. It usually sets global variables that are used for configuration, and includes files used by any extensions. -Distributors can easily change the installer behavior, including LocalSettings -generated, by placing their overrides into mw-config/overrides directory. Doing -that is highly preferred to modifying MediaWiki code directly. See -mw-config/overrides/README for more details and examples. +Distributors can easily change the default settings by creating +includes/PlatformSettings.php with overrides/additions to the default settings. +The installer will automatically include the platform defaults when generating +the user's LocalSettings.php file. + +Furthermore, distributors can change the installer behavior, by placing their +overrides into mw-config/overrides directory. Doing that is highly preferred +to modifying MediaWiki code directly. See mw-config/overrides/README for more +details and examples. There's a new maintenance/install.php script which could be used for performing an install through the command line.