Hi, The idea is obviously good and useful. In OPW round 5( http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_for_Women/Round_5 ) there was a project for pulling files from a git repository. A part of the project dealt with updating the files. The approach( checking for last commit id or modification date ) could be similar. Just telling you that similar work has been done on a smaller scale before.
Cheers, Rtdwivedi On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Brian Wolff <bawo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2013-05-13 5:16 AM, "Moriel Schottlender" <mor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Markus Glaser <gla...@hallowelt.biz> > wrote: > > > > > I like that idea very much. In the use case I have in mind, though, I > do > > > have actual releases. Do you think it's possible for your extension to > also > > > consider tags? I am thinking of something like a tagging convention, > e.g. > > > "RELEASE v1.20". ExtensionStatus could then "parse" the tag and send it > > > back to the user. > > > > > > > Hi Markus, > > > > Absolutely, I wish it was already a convention. I created the 'read the > > remote git' to go around that problem. I could, however, set the system > to > > first check a release tag and then fall back to testing dates/commits > like > > it does now if the release tag is unavailable. > > > > The problem with tags, though, is that we will need to have some common > > location that keeps the newest release on record so the extension can > then > > compare the local tag against a remote update. I believe this is what's > > done in systems like Wordpress and Drupal, but their extension database > > system is completely different, too, and I don't think it fits MW at all. > > For that matter, their extensions are more 'individual-based' rather than > > collaborative to the community, that won't work here. > > > > It will also require extension updaters/developers to update those tags. > > I think it's fairly easy to add a local vs remote tag comparison, the > > question is how it can be implemented in terms of convention so all > > extensions end up following it. Is it realistic? > > > > > > -- > > No trees were harmed in the creation of this post. > > But billions of electrons, photons, and electromagnetic waves were > terribly > > inconvenienced during its transmission! > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > We actually do autocreate tags (REL1_XX) whenever we do a release that > corresponds to the version of extension included in the installer (if it is > included) and for use by special:extensiondistributor. How much people > update the tags varries by extension, with many not really being updated > but some are. > > -bawolff > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Aarti K. Dwivedi _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
