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Finding the correct version of an extension

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Kersti Nebelsiek (talkcontribs)

When I was here the last time, it was easy to find the correct version of an extension for my mediawikiversion - which is 1.17.0 - as than subversion was used to download snapshots. Now it is almost impossible to find the correct version as GIT ist used and only the newest snapshot is easyly found, while the correct old versions are almost impossible to identify.

Now I need Extension:ConfirmEdit to block spam and the newest snapshot doesn't work and I don't know if this is because it is not the correct version.

Nemo bis (talkcontribs)

Yes, there's currently no way to reliably download extensions. This is very unsatisfactory and has been discussed several times on this wiki, bugzilla, wikitech-l and mediawiki-l but there's no solution on sight coming from the devs; try reading/joining those discussions to find partial solutions...

Additionally, 1.17 is unsupported and 1.18 will be soon the next, so I think you're really supposed to upgrade to 1.19 or 1.20.

Dantman (talkcontribs)

Actually 1.18 is already EOL.

Kersti Nebelsiek (talkcontribs)

Sorry, but it is not possible for me to upgrade that often. And there may be good reasons why someone is not able to upgrade to a newer version, for example because he is running Mediawiki at home and has an old Computer.

Krenair (talkcontribs)

That's really not a good reason.

Kersti Nebelsiek (talkcontribs)

I think, ab big site als Wikipedia or a Wiki which has 20 Contributors or more schould upgarde regularly whenever there is a new version.

But in cases where upgrading for itself is more work than I do on the contents of the Wiki, than this is a very good reason, to reduce upgrading to a sensible niveau! And in this case it is really impossible to upgrade that often, as I simply don't have the time to upgrade once a year!

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