Well, could the Extension Distributor be modified to allow for extensions
located somewhere other than the top-level directory? If not, that's one of
those technical obstacles that has to be considered.
I don't see people getting code they don't want as a big problem - I guess I
take Rolf's position on it, where it's not a big issue for administrators to
ignore the extensions that they don't need. I'd rather make life easier for
people who *do* want to use one or more of the SMW-spinoff extensions, since
I think they're in the majority anyway; though I might be biased.
-Yaron
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Daniel Friesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Ugh, you do realize that once you use any of those options other than
> the current (which is a mediawiki svn standard) it instantly becomes
> impossible to let users use the Extension Distributor to get a copy of
> that individual extension?
> And if you put it inside of a SemanticMediaWiki/extensions/ folder,
> anyone trying to get a copy of SMW will also get a bunch of crap code
> they don't want. (Think of asking for a tarball of SMW, and getting a
> tarball of SMW + a bloated directory of extensions you don't want).
>
> Additionally do think about the people who are trying to make it EASIER
> to install and configure extensions. If you diverge from the standard
> structure that extensions are placed in, then it becomes increasingly
> hard to create extensions or features which allow for say, a UI for
> configuring and enabling extensions.
>
> Using a different tree only works out when you are NOT using MediaWiki's
> SVN. But then, you need to start thinking about the different places an
> extension could be installed in, and creating a bunch of test cases.
>
> ~Daniel Friesen(Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) of:
> -The Nadir-Point Group (http://nadir-point.com)
> --It's Wiki-Tools subgroup (http://wiki-tools.com)
> --The ElectronicMe project (http://electronic-me.org)
> --Games-G.P.S. (http://ggps.org)
> -And Wikia ACG on Wikia.com (http://wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_ACG)
> --Animepedia (http://anime.wikia.com)
> --Narutopedia (http://naruto.wikia.com)
>
> Denny Vrandečić wrote:
> > Oh, sorry, I was unclear: yes, you are fully right, every extension
> > should have its own folder. The question is just, should they be
> >
> > 1) Grouped in one SemanticMediaWikiExt directory
> > 2) Be first level on the MediaWiki/extensions directory
> > 3) Be grouped in a SemanticMediaWiki/extensions/ directory
> > 4) somewhere else (explain)
> > 5) whatever
> >
> > Having all the files fly around in a single directory is definitively a
> > very bad idea :)
> >
> > denny
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