https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14611
--- Comment #21 from ^demon <innocentkil...@gmail.com> 2009-06-29 19:38:39 UTC
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(In reply to comment #20)
> Another use case - to see whether the wiki recognizes the
> 'require_once("...extensionName.php");' placed in LocalSettings.php worked at
> all. If you have been answering help requests on msusers.com for a long time,
> you'd recognize how often this is a useful thing. It's the fastest way to get
> the answer to the question "Are you sure the extension is installed?" As
> such,
> this use case is only required for admins.
>
Whether or not an extension is installed is unrelated to the server information
now being displayed. Absolutely _none_ of this bug relates to the installed
extensions portion of Special:Version.
> BTW - as far as differences with $wgSpecialVersionShowHooks: If other
> features
> are not handled by rights, that should not influence whether new features
> should be handled by rights. A global on/off and limited restrictions on
> actions are not the same thing. Whether $wgSpecialVersionShowHooks should
> have
> been restricted to sysops or not is another question. In general, if previous
> implementations of features have been handled incorrectly, that should be
> fixed, not used an as example of how to do things in the future.
>
I suppose I just disagree that this should be handled by rights: I prefer the
implementation with $wgSpecialVersionShowHooks.
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