https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43658
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Bug ID: 43658
Summary: Unified approach for skin extensions
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: minor
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Interface
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
Mobile Platform: ---
Currently, core skins are located in the skins/ directory, while for
user-provided skins two systems exist:
1) Put into the skins/ directory (cf. documentation at
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Manual:Skinning&oldid=605468#File_Locations)
2) Put into the extensions/ directory (cf.
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/extensions/skins.git;a=tree;hb=df496d1f4dff27eed0bf44cab5c4f2377dfe5377)
It would be reasonable to have a unified approach which is suggested to all
extension developers.
I think, it would be reasonable to have only core skins in skins directory and
all other skins in extensions directory, i.e., variant 2. This would have the
following implications:
a) New skins have to be registered like any other extenison, i.e.,
require_once(...) in LocalSettings.php
b) Skins can be activated/deactivated by the installer
c) Skin-extensions can be distributed like any other extension
d) You have a reasonable file structure
/extension/foo/Foo.php
/extension/foo/Foo.class.php
/extension/foo/bar.css
/extension/foo/...
and NOT
skin/Foo.php
skin/Foo.deps.php
skin/foo/bar.css
skin/foo/...
which somehow does not look well-organized
e) Skin-extensions can provide everything an extension can provide, like
credits or additional preferences
f) The skinning system does not have to look for available skins in the
filesystem, as core skins are known to core anyway and other skins provide
their own $wgValidSkinNames['Foo'] = 'Foo';
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