Re: mediawiki package split

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On Fri 18 Jan 2013 01:50:12 PM CST, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> The current "mediawiki" package is several years old at version 1.16. A
> new package, named "mediawiki119" at version 1.19 has been reviewed[1]
> and imported into Fedora. I understand some packages require multiple
> versions to be available, but mediawiki does not require multiple packages.
>
> Why was "mediawiki119" given an approved review?
>
> I only knew about the "mediawiki119" package from the NRM bug[2] on
> "mediawiki". The current version, 1.16, is riddled with security holes
> and will not be updated by upstream. It is important that we either
> update or retire with the current package.
>
> Can we work on merging the two packages?
>
> Michael
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820452
> [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850937


mediawiki119 was approved for EPEL-6 only. It should never have been
built for Fedora. I'm not sure why exactly that got built, but you are
correct. mediawiki119 should be blocked from Fedora and built as
'mediawiki' instead.
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