On 10/01/2013 04:34 PM, Ori Livneh wrote: > I don't like this "every time you have a new idea, God kills a Community > member" approach.
Ori, I like your work on MediaWiki-Vagrant -- surely a new idea! -- but I'd also like you to consider the needs of people who don't have access to the infrastructure or know-how that you do. For example, many long-time users of MediaWiki would like to use the VisualEditor, but only have the ability to run PHP and, if they're lucky, get some PHP modules installed. So VE is a non-starter. The approach taken on Scribunto, though -- forking out a bundled lua binary -- works even on shared hosting. I've even managed to get it working on GoDaddy's notorious hosting. This isn't directed so much at you, but I when it comes to these "new ideas", I'd like to see more thought given to the installed base of MediaWiki sites. More of the Lua approach and ways to adapt the Parsoid-type features to those people with fewer resources. Thinking about community members may not be the easiest thing to do, but it pays off. -- Mark A. Hershberger NicheWork LLC 717-271-1084 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
