From c505afca41c9fad89b1bd1d6fbfbeac0c43d9769 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Bartosz=20Dziewo=C5=84ski?= Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:58:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update release notes and documentation about skins skins/README based on extensions/README. Also updated the latter. Bug: 68402 Bug: 69372 Change-Id: I6d045af0509aa8fc485255b507554d771d101ee0 --- RELEASE-NOTES-1.24 | 10 ++++++---- extensions/README | 18 +++++++----------- skins/README | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) create mode 100644 skins/README diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24 index 8952863cc1..9310a4af86 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24 +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.24 @@ -240,10 +240,12 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports. * Added pp_sortkey column to page_props table, so pages can be efficiently queried and sorted by property value (bug 58032). See $wgPagePropsHaveSortkey if you want to postpone the schema change. -* BREAKING CHANGE: The Modern and Cologne Blue skins were moved out of MediaWiki - core to their own respective repositories. See also - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Modern and - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:CologneBlue. +* BREAKING CHANGE: All four built-in MediaWiki skins (Vector, MonoBook, Modern + and Cologne Blue) were moved out of MediaWiki core to their own respective + repositories. They will be installed with the release tarball, but you must + install them separately if installing MediaWiki from source code. A warning + message displayed until you do it should guide you through the process. See + also . * BREAKING CHANGE: Skins built for MediaWiki 1.15 and earlier that do not use the "headelement" template key are no longer supported. Setting $useHeadElement = false; is no longer supported and will not cause old keys diff --git a/extensions/README b/extensions/README index b665001c7b..bad230e9b0 100644 --- a/extensions/README +++ b/extensions/README @@ -1,23 +1,19 @@ -Extensions (such as the hieroglyphic module WikiHiero) are distributed -separately. Drop them into this extensions directory and enable as -per the extension's directions. +Extensions are distributed separately. Drop them into this directory and enable +as per the extension's installation instructions. -You can find a list of extensions and documentation on the MediaWiki website: - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions +You can find a list of extensions and documentation at +. -If you are a developer, you want to fetch the extension tree in another +If you are a developer, you might want to fetch the extension tree in another directory and make a symbolic link: - mediawiki/extensions$ ln -s ../../extensions-trunk/FooBarExt + mediawiki/extensions$ ln -s ../../extensions-trunk/FooBar Most extensions are available through Git: - https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/ + https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/?filter=mediawiki%252Fextensions%252F https://git.wikimedia.org/project/mediawiki -Old extensions are on Subversion: - https://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/ - Please note that under POSIX systems (Linux...), parent of a symbolic path refers to the link source, NOT to the target! You should check the env diff --git a/skins/README b/skins/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4145b354ba --- /dev/null +++ b/skins/README @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Skins, such as the default skin Vector, are distributed separately. Drop them +into this directory and enable as per the skin's installation instructions. + +You can find a list of available skins at +, +and more information about installing and configuring skins at +. + +If you are a developer, you might want to fetch the skin tree in another +directory and make a symbolic link: + + mediawiki/skins$ ln -s ../../skins-trunk/FooBar + +Most skins are available through Git: + https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/?filter=mediawiki%252Fskins%252F + https://git.wikimedia.org/project/mediawiki + + +Please note that under POSIX systems (Linux...), parent of a symbolic path +refers to the link source, NOT to the target! You should check the env +variable MW_INSTALL_PATH in case the extension is not in the default location. + +The following code snippet lets you override the default path: + + $IP = getenv( 'MW_INSTALL_PATH' ); + if( $IP === false ) { + $IP = __DIR__ . '/../..'; + } + require_once "$IP/maintenance/Maintenance.php"; // a MediaWiki core file -- 2.20.1