https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31073
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Bug #: 31073
Summary: Non-essential core features should be extensions
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Special pages
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
90% of core special pages should be made into their own extensions. With the
new installer now detecting extensions and asking if you want to turn them on,
there is no reason to not split out non-essential functionality (to the basic
idea of wiki editing) from the core.
Why would we want to maintain two different systems / places of defining
messages, loading extensions, etc? Why not build the most robust and complete
extension handling system we can (and eat our own dog food).
This would also more easily support other bundlings of MediaWiki with their own
set of extensions tailor chosen to their use case (SMW+) etc. For example on my
wiki I could care less about dead end articles, I'm not in the business of
wasting people's time (not a loaded statement at all!).
There's already talk of moving core non-essentials into extensions:
* Old Editor https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28856
* Magic links https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26207
There's some talk of bundling must-have extensions instead of core-ifing them:
* ParserFunctions https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26261
* Anti-spam https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9034
And many new features have been made into extensions now instead of going into
the core (WikiEditors, Vector, etc).
If there is acceptance for this I'd be willing to start helping convert
SpecialPages at least into their own extensions.
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