On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Steve VanSlyck <s.vansl...@spamcop.net>wrote:
> An excellent question, Greg. Unfortunately the most common reply you will > get will probably be "write one yourself." > > Creating GUI's seems for whatever reason to be outside the comfort level > of most programmers. > > "Comment? Why would I comment my own code?" > > "Help? Why would I need a help file for my own program?" > > "Admin page? Why would I need an admin page to do stuff for me that I > already know how to do?" > > See how it goes? > > > Why is there a reliance on manually editing LocalSettings.php and >> uploading it to the site? Why is there not an Admin page that edits this >> online? >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.**org <MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l> > If you think that the problem is that we don't want to create a GUI for the configuration you're horribly mistaken. The problem is backwards compatibly and complex configurations like in use at the foundation. I can throw some radios and checkboxes on a special page in no time, the problem is making it work, and work well (as well as not suck like the Configure extension). -- John _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
