https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61163
--- Comment #11 from Tisza Gergő <gti...@wikimedia.org> --- (In reply to Nemo from comment #7) > True. The reason is that it is unmaintained and non-functional and there are > no plans to fix it: > * bug 54197 is a critical bug, even though it was put a configuration patch > on the specific case; > * feedback is wasted time because users will never be able to see it, see > bug 58956. Certainly the extension is functional: it is possible to give feedback with it, and to view the feedback given. You might have your own opinion about what is the minimum acceptable level of functionality, but I don't see why you should get to force it on others. The features you mention (auto-archiving and watchlist integration) weren't even planned when many of the bug requests above where made, so it is unlikely most wikis would consider their lack a dealbreaker. As for being unmaintained, it is a stable extension successfully deployed on several high-profile wikis, which means there is no particular reason to expect it would cause problems once it is not actively developed. And if it does cause problems, it can be removed at that point - its data is kept separately and it is not integrated with other functionality much, so it can be turned off at any time without data loss. The majority of the extensions that are deployed on the production cluster have the same status: they don't have any designated active maintainer, they were written once by someone, successfully deployed, and after that they are happily used as long as they don't cause problems, even if the original author has long since left. The history of the various projects tells us that different wikis have different norms, needs and expectations, and a tool which is hated on one wiki can be successful on another one (FlagRevs and LiquidThreads are two recent high-profile examples). That AFT was not welcome by three large wikis (or not welcome by the majority of the editors on those wikis, anyway) is no reason to think that no other wiki will have a different opinion. Personally I would find it infinitely disappointing if, after spending man-years on this project, the Foundation would just throw it away when there are still projects interested it, even though it might take at most a few hours of developer time to enable and configure it on those projects. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
