On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Gerard Meijssen<gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hoi, > Thank you for the hyperbole.. Your representation insinuates that our > systems will crash unless this change is implemented. Fact is that currently > our messages are parsed. > Thanks, > GerardM > > 2009/8/31 Aryeh Gregor > <simetrical+wikil...@gmail.com<simetrical%2bwikil...@gmail.com> >> > >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Gerard >> Meijssen<gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > There are two opposing objectives at play. Performance is one and quality >> > localisation for MediaWiki in all our projects is the second. Just >> stating >> > that performance trumps our localisation is also very much a nono. >> > >> > These are consequences and they have to be considered. Just breaking the >> way >> > our localisation works in this way is at least equally unacceptable as >> poor >> > performance is. >> >> Slightly more burdensome localization makes the localizers' lives a >> bit more difficult. Running out of CPU means the site will crash. >> So, no, I don't think so. Of course, it would be nice if someone came >> up with a solution that everyone was happy with, but until then, >> performance *is* more important than localization convenience. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >
In the WMF environment, I know a lot of instances of {{SITENAME}} have been changed to strings on a lot of the larger wikis. For the WMF, this is a good performance gain with little drawback to the users. Their sitename isn't changing anytime soon, so it doesn't really matter to use {{SITENAME}} or not. For individual wikis elsewhere, {{SITENAME}} may be of greater benefit. This doesn't hold true for the WMF though, and that's what Domas is talking about. -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l