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 (wikipedia
-peaks at 380 requests per second as of august 2004). However, it is generally
+excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites (Wikipedia
+peaks at 380 requests per second as of August 2004). However, it is generally
harder to install. Be sure to follow the INSTALL document closely.
Installation on a Microsoft Windows system is not recommended, however it is
* Several others
These developers hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed under the
-terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2
-(see http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later versions
-of the code will also be considered free software licensed under the same terms.
+terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 (see
+http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later versions of
+the code will also be considered free software licensed under the same terms.
The newly-founded Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the
software, although copyright may be assigned to it at a later date. Wikimedia
Many thanks to the Wikipedia regulars for testing and suggestions.
The code is currently maintained at Sourceforge under the project "wikipedia",
-module name "phase3". You can view the code in CVS, report bugs and make feature
-requests there:
+module name "phase3". You can view the code in CVS there:
http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net
+Please report bugs and make feature requests in our BugZilla system:
+
+ http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org
+
Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide
http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
-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.
PHP
-The code is written in PHP. Version 4.3.2 or higher is recommended.
-There are known issues with early 4.2.x releases.
+The code is written in PHP. Version 4.3.2 or higher is recommended. There are
+known issues with early 4.2.x releases. Also, the Monobook skin currently does
+not work under the new PHP 5 (but you can use one of the older skins).
MySQL
Operating system
-The code was written on and for Linux, and no attempt has been made to make
-it portable to other OSs. The math support in particular has run-time
-dependencies on things like TeTeX and GhostScript that are generally found in
-Linux but not other OSs.
-However, we have had reports of successful installation on Windows, albeit
-without TeX support.
+The code was written on and for Linux, and no attempt has been made to make it
+portable to other OSs. The math support in particular has run-time dependencies
+on things like TeTeX and GhostScript that are generally found in Linux but not
+other OSs. However, we have had reports of successful installation on Windows,
+albeit without TeX support.