On Thu Jan 08 2015 at 8:40:05 PM Legoktm <legoktm.wikipe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi! > > Tim merged my patch[1] which implements the extension registration RfC[2]. > For extensions (and skins!) to use this they need to be converted to > have extension.json (or skin.json) files. A maintenance script, > convertExtensionToRegistration.php, has been written to do this, but > there may be some edge cases that need some manual tweaking. > > How should we go about migrating extensions? I've come up with a few > different ideas: > > 1. Package the extension registration code into an "extension" which can > be used by people who want to run newer copies of extensions on old > MediaWiki versions. We would then convert extensions to the > extension.json format and remove the PHP entry points. > 2. Similar to #1, but package the extension registration code in each > individual extension, like was done with the i18n migration. I don't > really like this idea because a change to the code requires updating > every single extension. > 3. Convert all extensions to extension.json, but continue to maintain > PHP entry points with duplicated information if the extension wants to > maintain old compatibility. > > I'm personally leading towards option #1. Thoughts? > > I lean to #3. #1 I think will be too confusing for end users. We already have a fair number of support requests that come from having mismatched MW and extension versions as it is. -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
