[Wikitech-l] Re: Best practices for extensions

The 'version' key isn't used in the release process, but it is still displayed in Special:Version. Although, I totally agree with removing it, as it often isn't updated, and so just ends up being confusing. The other thing I was wondering about adding was that non-Gerrit extensions should be

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[Wikitech-l] Re:  Backport window timeslot changes

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 5:36 PM AntiCompositeNumber < anticompositenum...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are they still pinned to Pacific time for DST, or will they stay in UTC? > Everything is still anchored to Pacific Time, so currently PST on the spreadsheet will remain correct year round. The times

[Wikitech-l] Re:  Backport window timeslot changes

Are they still pinned to Pacific time for DST, or will they stay in UTC? AntiCompositeNumber On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 7:32 PM Tyler Cipriani wrote: > > tl;dr: Backport windows will shift earlier in the (UTC) day starting on Mon, > Feb 14th. > > Problem > Some backport windows have few

[Wikitech-l]  Backport window timeslot changes

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[Wikitech-l] Re: Best practices for extensions

On Tue, 1 Feb 2022, 3:00 am Thiemo Kreuz, wrote: > … snip … > * What about CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md? Isn't this required by now? Historically (aka when the file first got mass added) there were arguments that ensured about that, From memory the outcome was that the file is not required but none the

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[Wikitech-l] Re: Best practices for extensions

Hey! I actively contributed to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_extensions in the past. I reviewed the most recent changes for my WMDE TechWish team and can say that I'm pretty happy with how the page turned out. Some minor suggestions, though: * MUST: extension.json must name