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@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ -2007-09-15 +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 50000+ requests per second range -as of January 2008). +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 @@ -33,21 +33,24 @@ The MediaWiki software was written by: * 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/ @@ -65,13 +68,12 @@ 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: @@ -86,18 +88,18 @@ Extensions are listed at: If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce: - http://lists.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://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l + https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l Developer discussion takes place at: - http://lists.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. |