ExtensionDistributor currently does not support downloading of extensions that are no longer in trunk. This is for example the case with extensions Desysop, Userip, SubpageList, LuceneSearch, AutomaticGroups that had a purpose in earlier versions, but no purpose in the current development version.
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
See Also: T39946: Add support for git branches to ExtensionDistributor
This problem still exists. I am wondering when this will get fixed or some-one changes the status to WONTFIX
jb.holcroft wrote:
This is an issue for many users (about 50 comments) :
From help desk :
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Project:Support_desk&offset=20121113101455&limit=20#Cannot_download_extensions_for_1.20_yet_20344
From "Download from Git" talk page :
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Download_from_Git#How_to_set_extension_version_to_MW_version.3F_18030
Also looks like to be related to #41081
Unduping from bug 38188, which provides more information about the current situation. This bug is from 2008, completely unrelated to the current matter.