[Wikitech-l] [Bug 57891] Review and deploy GlobalCssJs extension

2013-12-13 Thread legoktm 
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Bartosz Dziewoński matma@gmail.com wrote:

 It's sorta kinda happening as we speak while no one is looking ;)

 https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57891

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 Matma Rex

Looks like the cat got out of the bag.

The GlobalCssJs extension allows users to add custom JS or CSS for
themselves on all wikis where they have an account. It's basically the
equivalent of common.js, but on a global scale. It has been a
requested feature since 2008[1].

For those not familiar with the history of global js/css, there
currently is a bot run by a steward[2] which creates common.js pages
importing the user's global.js upon request. This is mainly used by
users in the SWMT[3] to do things like enable global Twinkle[4]. While
this method works, it doesn't take advantage of ResourceLoader.

The extension will load User:$username/global.js and
User:$username/global.css using ResourceLoader. It also includes
MediaWiki:Global.js/css as the global equivalents of
MediaWiki:Common.js/css.

The bulk of the code is still awaiting review in gerrit[5].

[1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13953#c0
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Synchbot
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWMT
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Snowolf/How_to_globally_Twinkle
[5] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/94837


-- Legoktm

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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Bug 57891] Review and deploy GlobalCssJs extension

2013-12-13 Thread MZMcBride 
legoktm wrote:
For those not familiar with the history of global js/css, there
currently is a bot run by a steward[2] which creates common.js pages
importing the user's global.js upon request. This is mainly used by
users in the SWMT[3] to do things like enable global Twinkle[4]. While
this method works, it doesn't take advantage of ResourceLoader.

I think the last sentence in this paragraph sells yourself short a bit.
The current system is extremely hackish (relying on a bot run under a
steward's account), wasteful (creating hundreds of individual user
subpages), unsupported (it relies on a steward's kindness and willingness
to run a bot), and inefficient (not utilizing ResourceLoader). I'm very
excited about the work you're doing to implement a proper solution. :-)

MZMcBride



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