https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14611
--- Comment #18 from Aryeh Gregor <[email protected]> 2009-06-29 19:08:58 UTC --- +sysop by default possibly makes more sense. I'm not sure. What are the use-cases for this? 1) An easy way for sysadmins to check the versions of all relevant software, in case they happen to want to know. This seems marginal. 2) For someone confused about why their installation is working differently from Wikipedia, it might give them the idea to check the package versions. This seems vaguely plausible, if it's enabled on Wikipedia for everyone. 3) For someone requesting support, an easy way for people helping them to get all the relevant version info and so spot any oddities. For (1) and (2), it would certainly be more useful for it to be enabled for sysops by default. For (3), it still seems easier: you could tell them to paste the info for you instead of having to edit LocalSettings.php, assuming the one asking for help is a sysop. (The best for (3) would be to have it enabled for all viewers by default, but that's probably undesirable.) I think making a new permission 'versiondetail' or something would be a good idea, set to sysops only by default and everyone on Wikipedia. Maybe even better, extend it to encompass and supersede things like $wgShowExceptionDetails. (It would need a better name then, though.) It would be helpful for the average sysop on a MediaWiki wiki (most probably only have one or two) to be able to view this additional detail by default, but we can't make it world-viewable by default. vBulletin does something like this with database error messages: it prints the failed query for admins only, others get a generic message. So I'd be in favor of a new permission. It makes more sense to me. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
