Re: [Wikitech-l] 1.22.0rc3 ready for download

2013-12-06 Thread Tyler Romeo
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Martijn Hoekstra wrote: > In my estimation David is pretty capable of making an informed decision on > the merits of deploying VE to his wikis. > I wouldn't make such assumptions without context. Deploying beta software in a security sensitive environment is never

Re: [Wikitech-l] 1.22.0rc3 ready for download

2013-12-06 Thread Martijn Hoekstra
On Dec 6, 2013 3:28 AM, "John" wrote: > > Correct, I see how my words can be taken several ways. Right now VE is a > very unstable, bug filled, obnoxious elephant. Given enough time, testing, > and maturity it as a lot of promise. > > Right now its like trying to use a rocket like > http://cdn.ins

Re: [Wikitech-l] 1.22.0rc3 ready for download

2013-12-05 Thread John
Correct, I see how my words can be taken several ways. Right now VE is a very unstable, bug filled, obnoxious elephant. Given enough time, testing, and maturity it as a lot of promise. Right now its like trying to use a rocket like http://cdn.instructables.com/F9Y/2ONP/F4TLKVHS/F9Y2ONPF4TLKVHS.LAR

Re: [Wikitech-l] 1.22.0rc3 ready for download

2013-12-05 Thread K. Peachey
Bad idea [to package/install],… Is what I believe beta was saying Tyler. On Friday, December 6, 2013, Tyler Romeo wrote: > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:39 PM, John > > wrote: > > > VE is a BAD idea, its full of holes and bugs > > > Those are two separate concepts. Just because something has bugs doe

Re: [Wikitech-l] 1.22.0rc3 ready for download

2013-12-05 Thread Tyler Romeo
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:39 PM, John wrote: > VE is a BAD idea, its full of holes and bugs Those are two separate concepts. Just because something has bugs does not make the software itself a bad idea. *-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science

Re: [Wikitech-l] 1.22.0rc3 ready for download

2013-12-05 Thread John
VE is a BAD idea, its full of holes and bugs On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:32 PM, David Gerard wrote: > On 3 December 2013 21:26, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: > > > We've put together RC3 for 1.22.0. Please test the tarball and report > > any bugs you find on Bugzilla: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/

Re: [Wikitech-l] 1.22.0rc3 ready for download

2013-12-03 Thread David Gerard
On 3 December 2013 21:26, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: > We've put together RC3 for 1.22.0. Please test the tarball and report > any bugs you find on Bugzilla: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ Here's a question: is there a set-out list of steps to enable Visual Editor in this? Or is VE not quite re