Although the WMF does not use update.php, it is the standard way for other installations to do initial DB setup when an extension is installed. For GettingStarted, this means it should populate Redis with the initial set of articles.
I believe Ori has a script for this, but it's not currently in git.
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declined | None | T53466 Support update.php to pick up existing articles in task categories | |||
| Resolved | • Mattflaschen-WMF | T48299 add populateCategories.php script to project |
First we should fix bug 46299 (which is at least Normal, maybe higher, since all code should be in git). Then we can do this as a further enhancement.
MediaWiki-extensions-GettingStarted has been removed from Wikimedia wikis and is getting archived per T292654. Thus declining this task to reflect reality.
See e.g. GrowthExperiments-NewcomerTasks or #GuidedTour instead nowadays for related use cases.