On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:42 PM, <jida...@jidanni.org> wrote: >>>>>> "dn" == dan nessett <dness...@yahoo.com> writes: > dn> suggest breaking LocalSettings into two parts > > I've always wanted a public part, say linked from Special:Version, "view > public initialization settings", with a standard URL, > title=Special:PublicLocalSettings perhaps, and all without needing to > install an extension. > > And a private part, containing passwords, secret spam filters expressions etc. > > E.g., take your average hook. One can let users see its name on > Special:Version, but to let users see its content... well one needs to > do something like > > $ perl -nlwe 'print if /#START PUBLIC/../#END PUBLIC/' \ > LocalSettings.php > PublicLocalSettings.txt > > often, and link to that. I.e., _you are not making being open source easy_. > > If one could easily see a wiki's public LocalSettings portion, one could > quickly answer many messages here on this list "No wonder, Clodsworth, > you have set $wgNorfblatz='maybe' which is an illegal value". > > And on > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Wiki_family#Ultimate_minimalist_solution > I could provide an up to the minute link 'see the real settings behind that > wiki', > without needing to cut and paste, nor use the above perl solution. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >
We just tried to do the opposite by getting rid of AdminSettings. If wikis want to segment their LocalSettings to have public and private parts, they're more than welcome to. I for one won't commit any code that encourages splitting LocalSettings. -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
