php-wikidiff2: Incorrect PHP short open tag used in wikidiff2.php

[Anthony Fok]

/etc/mediawiki-extensions/extensions-available/wikidiff2.php uses the deprecated short open tag "<?",
whereas all other extensions use the recommended full open tag "<?php".

This may not have been a problem in the past, but the latest PHP 5.5.3 packages in Ubuntu 13.10 (saucy) (and Debian) now have
"short_open_tag = Off" as the default in the system-wide php.ini files. So, visitors to a local MediaWiki installation would see:

    'Wikidiff2', 'version' => '', 'author' => 'Tim Starling', 'description' => 'external diff engine for MediaWiki', 'url' => 'https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikidiff2' ); $wgExternalDiffEngine = 'wikidiff2';

plastered across the top of every MediaWiki page.

This issue was reported as Debian Bug#716995 and Bug#723622 in July and September 2013 respectively.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: php-wikidiff2 0.0.1+svn109581-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 22 16:50:36 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-11 (314 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: wikidiff2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-21 (1 days ago)

[manuel fernandez (mfg)]

Yes, message of wikidiff2 is plastered across the top of every MediaWiki page!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package wikidiff2 - 0.0.1+svn109581-1ubuntu1

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wikidiff2 (0.0.1+svn109581-1ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Install ini file in correct location with PHP 5.5 (LP: #1243568).
  * debian/etc/mediawiki-extensions/extensions-available/wikidiff2.php:
    + better php open tag (LP: #1243119).
 -- Leo Iannacone <email address hidden> Sat, 22 Feb 2014 12:41:21 +0100