-2006-04-05
+2008-11-11
-For system requirements, installation and upgrade details, see the files RELEASE-NOTES,
-INSTALL, and UPGRADE.
+For system requirements, installation and upgrade details, see the files
+RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL, and UPGRADE.
== 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 using
-multiple servers (Wikimedia sites peak in the 5000+ requests per second range
-as of November 2005).
+multiple servers (Wikimedia sites peak in the 60000+ requests per second range
+as of November 2008).
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
* Domas Mituzas
* Rob Church
* Jens Frank
-* Several others
-
-The contributors hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed
-under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later[1]
-(see http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later
-versions of the code must be free software licensed under the same
-terms. This includes "extensions" that use MediaWiki functions or
-variables; see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins
-for details.
+* Yuri Astrakhan
+* Aryeh Gregor
+* Aaron Schulz
+* Several others (view CREDITS for a more complete list)
+
+The contributors hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed under the
+terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later[1] (see
+http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later
+versions of the code must be free software licensed under the same or a
+compatible license. This includes "extensions" that use MediaWiki functions or
+variables; see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins for
+details.
The Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the software.
-[1] 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.
+[1] 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.
[2] MediaWiki makes use of the Sajax Toolkit by modernmethod,
http://www.modernmethod.com/sajax/
Many thanks to the Wikimedia regulars for testing and suggestions.
-The official website for mediawiki is located at:
+The official website for MediaWiki is located at:
http://www.mediawiki.org/
-The code is currently maintained in a Subversion repository
-at svn.wikimedia.org. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subversion
-for details.
+The code is currently maintained in a Subversion repository at
+svn.wikimedia.org. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subversion for details.
Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system:
- http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
+ https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at:
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ
+ http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Development
Extensions are listed at:
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_extensions
+ http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions
If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly
recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce:
- http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
+ https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
-The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily for
-announcements of new versions, bug fixes, and security issues.
+The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily for announcements
+of new versions, bug fixes, and security issues.
A higher volume support mailing list can be found at:
- http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
+ https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
Developer discussion takes place at:
- http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
+ https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
-There is also a development and support channel #mediawiki on
-irc.freenode.net, and an unoffical support forum at www.mwusers.com.
+There is also a development and support channel #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net,
+and an unoffical support forum at www.mwusers.com.
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