It's an extension that lets users get "tarballs" on-the-fly from SVN for a
specific extension. You can see it in action here:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor
-Yaron
2008/8/18 Nathan Yergler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Do you have a link for Extension Distributor? I'm not familiar with that.
>
> 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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