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diff --git a/www/wiki/extensions/README b/www/wiki/extensions/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5c9bf539 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/wiki/extensions/README @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +== User Information == + +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 at +<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Category:Extensions>. + +== Development Information == + +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/FooBar + +Most extensions are available through Git: + https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MEXT/ + + +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 |