Re: Debian wiki server version?

On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM Felipe Maia <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeffrey Walton
>
> On Wednesday, 19 November 2025 at 11:54 PM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I want to report a bug against the python-moin package. Moin is not
> > parsing url's properly when using angle brackets like
> > https://www.example.com. Debian's BTS needs a debian version to
> >
> > submit the report.
> >
> > What is the version of debian used for the wiki?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> Thanks for your interest in reporting a bug, and helping to improve Debian and Moin!
>
> MoinMoin (a.k.a. 'moin' or 'python-moinmoin') 1.x is built upon Python 2. Both are deprecated and no longer maintained in Debian [1]. Moin was released for the last time in Debian 10 'buster' [2] in 2019. It's binary package 'python-moinmoin' doesn't even show up on <packages.debian.org> anymore [3]. It's latest version, on which Debian Wiki still runs, is version 1.9.9 [4]. Since it was removed a long time ago, it shouldn't be possible to file a bug against it.
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> As you've reported before [5], the bug has already been reported to the upstream [6], where it should have been.
>
> MoinMoin 2 is under development for around 10 years but wasn't released so far, unfortunately [7].
>
> Since July of 2025 (DebConf 25), Debian has been working on migrating it's wiki from Moin to MediaWiki [8]. Stay tuned.
>
> The Wiki Team now has it's own mailing list address [9], which is <[email protected]> (CCed). Also, it has it's own IRC channel #debian-wiki on OFTC (irc.oftc.net). Feel free to participate if you feel like contributing to Debian.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/moin
> [2] https://manpages.debian.org/buster/python-moinmoin/moin.1.en.html
> [3] https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=python-moinmoin&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all
> [4] https://wiki.debian.org/SystemInfo
> [5] https://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2025/11/msg00038.html
> [6] https://github.com/moinwiki/moin-1.9/issues/103
> [7] https://github.com/moinwiki/moin
> [8] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWiki/WikiRevamp
> [9] https://lists.debian.org/debian-wiki/

Thanks Felipe.

If you want help in setting up the MediaWiki server, then I would be
happy to help.  I've been running a MW server for about 15 or 20
years.  I've been through a lot of migrations and configuration
issues.

I keep my notes for a MW upgrade at
<https://github.com/weidai11/website/blob/master/mediawiki/wiki-upgrade.txt>.
I hope they help Debian, too.

Jeff