[Wikitech-l] Re: Best practices for extensions

Thanks everyone for sharing thoughts here and on the talk page . A number of clarifications have been made, and some unready/outdated sections have for the time being been removed, shortened or replaced with a non-nominal

[Wikitech-l] Re: Best practices for extensions

Hi Timo, Thanks for clarifying this. I would like to also point interested folks to the discussion taking place here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Wovr2kqb7qwhztwu I think the MUST/SHOULD/OPTIONAL language was in a large part the initial source of my confusion. Ostrzyciel On

[Wikitech-l] Re: Best practices for extensions

Hi Ostrzyciel. Replies inline. On Thu, 27 Jan 2022, at 08:15, Ostrzyciel wrote: > Maybe a dumb question – I get a profound impression that this email *and* the > guidelines are directed at Wikimedia employees, not MediaWiki extension > developers in general. > > ...why? I thought that most

[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

[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

[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

[Wikitech-l] Re: Best practices for extensions

Hi, Maybe a dumb question – I get a profound impression that this email *and* the guidelines are directed at Wikimedia employees, not MediaWiki extension developers in general. ...why? I thought that most extensions out there are not managed by Wikimedia, right? It's just that as someone