Hi, as per https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/01/msg00271.html MediaWiki is using Debian which is not listed on "Who is using Debian".
Kind regards Andreas. ----- Weitergeleitete Nachricht von Kunal Mehta <lego...@debian.org> ----- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:37:02 -0500 From: Kunal Mehta <lego...@debian.org> To: debian-de...@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: wiki.d.o on a git-backed engine Hi, On 1/13/25 17:27, Ahmad Khalifa wrote: > Wikis have their own version control and they're meant for a much wider > audience. I think general documentation definitely belongs on a wiki, not > git. Edit, fix typo, done in 30 seconds :) Agreed 100%, the openness for editing is really what makes wikis shine. It can be hard to accept, with many of us firmly set in Git's pre-approval style PR/MR workflows, to allow anyone with an account, to just change anything, but that empowerment is what makes wikis work and really blossom. As one of the maintainers of the MediaWiki package in Debian[1] and a wholehearted wiki enthusiast (longtime Wikipedia admin, etc.), I have a lot of thoughts on this that I'll save for later, but I want to cross-link the ongoing discussion at <https://salsa.debian.org/debian/grow-your-ideas/-/issues/2> that goes over a lot of the same topics. One small point I want to highlight regarding software choices is that broadly speaking, the MediaWiki community loves Debian. MediaWiki not only supports running on Debian as its top priority (probably unsurprising given that Wikipedia runs solely on Debian), it wants the upstream Debian package to be successful, including changing its release schedule to better fit Debian's. When I file bugs about things not being compatible with Debian's practices/policies (usually JavaScript), the response I get is "ok, how do we fix this?" and not "ugh, why do we need to bend over for Debian again". I can't of course promise that upstream would implement all of Debian's feature requests, but I find this type of cooperation and relationship important to any wiki's success. [1] the package is in not a great shape right now, so my main Debian priority is getting it all set for trixie -- Kunal ----- Ende weitergeleitete Nachricht ----- -- https://fam-tille.de
