Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Dmitriy Sintsov
25 Июнь 2012 г. 20:06:19 пользователь Derric Atzrott (datzr...@alizeepathology.com) написал: Would anyone be interested in a program that generates Skeletons for new extensions?   I've noticed that when I make extensions I generally go through the exact same process (with minor variations

Re: [Wikitech-l] bot activity in #mediawiki on freenode

2012-06-25 Thread K. Peachey
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 12:43 AM, Chad wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Petr Bena wrote: >> This isn't discussion about git, but feeds we have in #mediawiki, feed >> from git is definitely not the only one >> > > Then please feel free to move it to a better name. I really > don't care w

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Ryan Schmidt
I'd be willing to help out with this once you get something on github. I'd personally discourage a php-cli based standalone version because it would effectively require developing the UI twice. If you focus on the web version (or the standalone), I'll be willing to help port the changes to the o

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Daniel Friesen
On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:13:54 -0700, Derric Atzrott wrote: This also sounds a lot like what Mozilla has done: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/tools/builder Would it be preferable to have this as a web-based program where you enter your data into a form and download a zip? Or w

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Martijn Hoekstra
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Derric Atzrott wrote: >>Hey, PHP can run scripts. Just saying. >>Please do share the github once you have something up, even if its > bare-bones. > > Good plan.  I always completely forget about that.  In that case, expect > them at somewhat more similar times. > >

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Derric Atzrott
>Hey, PHP can run scripts. Just saying. >Please do share the github once you have something up, even if its bare-bones. Good plan. I always completely forget about that. In that case, expect them at somewhat more similar times. Although, using PHP CLI does preclude the creation of a GUI version

Re: [Wikitech-l] Date Formatting

2012-06-25 Thread Brion Vibber
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Derric Atzrott < datzr...@alizeepathology.com> wrote: > How do you format dates according to user preference in Mediawiki? I > presume it has something to do with DateFormatter > (http://svn.wikimedia.org/doc/classDateFormatter.html), but I'm not 100% > sure how t

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Martijn Hoekstra
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Derric Atzrott wrote: >> Would be absolutely fabulous! How about creating a README skeleton as > well, that could also be cut and paste into the extensions page in the > MediaWiki extension matrix? > > That's actually a really good idea.  I'll definitely add that i

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Derric Atzrott
> Would be absolutely fabulous! How about creating a README skeleton as well, that could also be cut and paste into the extensions page in the MediaWiki extension matrix? That's actually a really good idea. I'll definitely add that in. I'll create both for now, but I wouldn't be terribly surpris

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Leonard Wallentin
Would be absolutely fabulous! How about creating a README skeleton as well, that could also be cut and paste into the extensions page in the MediaWiki extension matrix? As for web vs standalone, a web interface would suit me best, as I move a lot between computers, but both, but both would be grea

[Wikitech-l] If you need stuff from me this summer...

2012-06-25 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
I try to be pretty responsive to email and I try to be on IRC most days, but this summer I'll be away a lot. So, in case you need stuff from me between now and August 15th or so: This week I'm mostly offline because of the Open Source Bridge conference, but I'll be checking my email and respondin

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Gregory Varnum
This is a fantastic idea and I would be happy to help with the wiki-side documentation of this effort on MW.org -greg On 25 Jun, 2012, at 2:09 PM, "Mark A. Hershberger" wrote: > On 6/25/2012 12:11 PM, Mark Holmquist wrote: >> Specifically, I think "jetpack" is the part that generates stub fil

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Yuvi Panda
+1 on standalone. Similar to how rails does it, for example. -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Martijn Hoekstra
If I were to use this, I would prefer a stand-alone thing, which would make it just a little easier, but I would love either On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Derric Atzrott wrote: >>This also sounds a lot like what Mozilla has done: >>https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/tools/builder > >

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Derric Atzrott
>This also sounds a lot like what Mozilla has done: >https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/tools/builder Would it be preferable to have this as a web-based program where you enter your data into a form and download a zip? Or would this be preferred as a stand-alone program that generates th

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Mark A. Hershberger
On 6/25/2012 12:11 PM, Mark Holmquist wrote: > Specifically, I think "jetpack" is the part that generates stub files, > but it's been a while since I experimented. Anyway, thanks for the email! IIUC, Jetpack is the code name for the entire AddOn SDK. This includes the stub generator, but includes

[Wikitech-l] Watchlist grouping changeset

2012-06-25 Thread Aaron Pramana
I had posted an update and timeline for the watchlist grouping project on my blog a few days ago, though I forgot to tell the mailing list. I've replicated the text of the original post below ( http://mw-watchlist.tumblr.com/post/25657265059/watchlist-grouping-changeset-first-alpha ): ***

Re: [Wikitech-l] bot activity in #mediawiki on freenode

2012-06-25 Thread Petr Bena
Page name is fine, the first sentence isn't :P Done On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Chad wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Petr Bena wrote: >> This isn't discussion about git, but feeds we have in #mediawiki, feed >> from git is definitely not the only one >> > > Then please feel free

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Mark Holmquist
> Would anyone be interested in a program that generates Skeletons > for new extensions? I've noticed that when I make extensions I > generally go through the exact same process (with minor variations) > each time. +1! It sounds like a very helpful tool for letting new developers hop in really qu

Re: [Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Yuvi Panda
+1 would be greatly useful when introducing extension development at workshops / hackathons :) -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

[Wikitech-l] Extension Skeleton Program

2012-06-25 Thread Derric Atzrott
Would anyone be interested in a program that generates Skeletons for new extensions? I've noticed that when I make extensions I generally go through the exact same process (with minor variations) each time. The idea in my head right now is for a program that does the following: * Asks for the E

[Wikitech-l] Date Formatting

2012-06-25 Thread Derric Atzrott
How do you format dates according to user preference in Mediawiki? I presume it has something to do with DateFormatter (http://svn.wikimedia.org/doc/classDateFormatter.html), but I'm not 100% sure how to make use of this class. The extension I am working on displays, among other things, a last

Re: [Wikitech-l] bot activity in #mediawiki on freenode

2012-06-25 Thread Chad
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Petr Bena wrote: > This isn't discussion about git, but feeds we have in #mediawiki, feed > from git is definitely not the only one > Then please feel free to move it to a better name. I really don't care what the pagename is :) -Chad __

Re: [Wikitech-l] bot activity in #mediawiki on freenode

2012-06-25 Thread Petr Bena
This isn't discussion about git, but feeds we have in #mediawiki, feed from git is definitely not the only one On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Chad wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Platonides wrote: >> On 23/06/12 20:34, Petr Bena wrote: >>> Yes, the bots are useful for devs, that's th

Re: [Wikitech-l] bot activity in #mediawiki on freenode

2012-06-25 Thread Chad
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Platonides wrote: > On 23/06/12 20:34, Petr Bena wrote: >> Yes, the bots are useful for devs, that's the reason why we made them >> and there is a little point to argue about that. But they aren't >> useful for other users of #mediawiki especially users who seek he