Thread:Project:Current issues/Installation guide consolidation/reply (7)

I've tried to make the essential stuff transcludable, and I've trimmed some more pages.

IMHO the direction is rather clear:
 * always defer to other sites for guides on how to set up PHP etc.;
 * keep all the steps internal to MediaWiki (like installer, config script, LocalSettings.php) in their own, shared manual pages;
 * in all the setup-specific pages, just transclude the former and maintain only:
 * information on packages available and how to use them (debatable, should be on their sites whenever possibles),
 * OS-specific instructions which can't be found anywhere else, like specific paths to put in MediaWiki config or RAM/suhosin requirements and the like.