https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54856
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Bug ID: 54856
Summary: Add Makefile to core to help people get their dev
environment setup
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
Mobile Platform: ---
It's very unclear to a newcomer to MediaWiki core what coding guidelines they
need to adhere to. I still see various PHP unit, JSLint and QUnit errors
reported by Jenkin's suggesting people are unclear or unable to run these
things locally.
MobileFrontend has been using a Makefile and sample pre commit hooks to make
this clearer. If nothing else it points to what tests a developer is expected
to run, where tests reside and how tests are run.
I understand that grunt is used by a few teams and I think a lot of these best
practices should be codified into a Makefile to give better visibility to them.
A Makefile is usually the first thing I look for in a project.
I began adding one to core here: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/75268/ but
it was surprisingly met with a few objections. I've now abandoned it has I'd
rather not invest time fixing this patch until we have consensus that this is
useful but I truly believe it is.
Please can we spec out and agree whether this would be a good thing and what
this would look like so it can be implemented?
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