"but at the time of writing this is a soft dependency and it will function without the extension installed." --> with latest version today I get the exception "Fatal error: Uncaught ExtensionDependencyError: MinervaNeue requires MobileFrontend to be installed."
I guess this sentence needs to be updated :)
I think your Minerva needs updating... are you sure you are running the latest version? What version does it say on Special:Version ?
Nope, can confirm that with the latest version downloaded from the link provided (ba11b7b) for MW 1.34.2, you get a php error that MobileFrontend must be installed to be able to use the skin.
This line needs updated to show that it's a hard dependency now.
--ketura
This is currently only true in the master branch since Janauary 2020 ( T171000) and the 1.35 release. This page refers to the most recent version. I will clarify the documentation.
