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Subject:    Re: [MediaWiki-l] Seeking ease of updating MediaWiki with extensions
From:       Bryan Hilderbrand <bryanh () tegnosis ! wiki>
Date:       2020-09-29 15:32:39
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Hi Even,

Have you taken a look at the Meza [1] project yet? It may offer a solution
to your update/deployment issue. It's actively maintained and currently
used by several companies/agencies. It is doesn't yet support MW 1.35, but
I'm guessing that's coming soon.

~Bryan


[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Meza

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 7:48 AM Even Thorbergsen <
even.thorbergsen@frigosoft.no> wrote:

> Hallo all,
> I have been maintaining a number of wiki installations based on MW and
> extensions (including SMW) for more than a decade.
> I must admit, I find it increasingly hard to update these installations.
> The old zips have mostly disappeared, and the once promising Composer is
> not straightforward to use, nor is GitHub. Composer is even disallowed by
> some internet providers, for some reason.
>
> I would have liked to see a management frontend where you select your
> choice of extensions, and get the corresponding code and possibly database
> updated, not having to know technical details, such as the structure of
> JSON files or other. As the situation is now, I suspect many wiki
> installations use rather old code versions, which is really a pity.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Even Thorbergsen
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<div dir="auto">Hi Even,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Have you taken a \
look at the Meza [1] project yet? It may offer a solution to your update/deployment \
issue. It&#39;s actively maintained and currently used by several companies/agencies. \
It is doesn&#39;t yet support MW 1.35, but I&#39;m guessing that&#39;s coming  soon.  \
</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">~Bryan  </div><div \
dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">[1]  <a \
href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Meza">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Meza</a></div></div><br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 7:48 AM \
Even Thorbergsen &lt;<a \
href="mailto:even.thorbergsen@frigosoft.no">even.thorbergsen@frigosoft.no</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hallo all,<br> I have been \
maintaining a number of wiki installations based on MW and extensions (including SMW) \
for more than a decade.<br> I must admit, I find it increasingly hard to update these \
installations. The old zips have mostly disappeared, and the once promising Composer \
is not straightforward to use, nor is GitHub. Composer is even disallowed by some \
internet providers, for some reason.<br> <br>
I would have liked to see a management frontend where you select your choice of \
extensions, and get the corresponding code and possibly database updated, not having \
to know technical details, such as the structure of JSON files or other. As the \
situation is now, I suspect many wiki installations use rather old code versions, \
which is really a pity.<br> <br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Even Thorbergsen<br>
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