Actually the WMF servers run Ubuntu, and it refers to the apt-get install mediawiki method as being unsupported
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Christopher Wilson <gwsuper...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think that's referring to the package distributed by Ubuntu/Canonical, > not support for running the app if you install it via some other method. > > -Chris > > > On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Ubuntu > > > > "*Warning:* MediaWiki can also be installed using aptitude. The Ubuntu > > MediaWiki package is unsupported and usually outdated. We do not > recommend > > you use it." > > > > I suppose that could refer only to aptitude and not Ubuntu support as a > > whole. > > > > Pine > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Michał Łazowik <mlazo...@me.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey, > > > > > > Wiadomość napisana przez Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> w dniu 20 lip > > 2014, > > > o godz. 21:55: > > > > > > > I have experience with Ubuntu but MediaWiki says that Ubuntu is > > > > unsupported. > > > > > > Where, when, why what? I mean, from where do you have that info? > > > > > > > Which Linux distro would people recommend, and which distro of > > > > Linux does WMF use for MediaWiki? > > > > > > It's quite amusing in the view of what you said: > > > it's… Ubuntu :p [0] > > > > > > And basically anything that can run some web server (e.g. apache, > nginx) > > > with php support should work. I think it would be hard to find a distro > > > that > > > wouldn't work. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Michał > > > > > > [0] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_servers#Software > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
