Erik Moeller wrote: > What would be the disadvantage of having a single "I'd like the latest > and greatest changes once they come in" preference for our users? The > main disadvantage I see is that we'd need to temporarily retain two > codepaths for significant user-facing changes, potentially increasing > code complexity a fair bit, but perhaps reducing post-launch cost in > return.
It would increase code complexity a lot, and it would make debugging more difficult. Don't forget that the desktop execution environment (front & back) is much more heterogenous -- you have gadgets, substantial interface customization via the MediaWiki NS, multiple skins, legacy interfaces, and a much wider set of extensions, all of which conspire to make bugs much harder to reproduce. I'm inclined to think that we already get most of the benefits this approach purports to confer from the general MediaWiki release cycle.
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