On 10/02/10 11:20 AM, Lars Aronsson wrote:
> Does it need to be more complicated than that?
> If so, exactly what is missing in my overly
> simplistic approach?
>    
It's fundamentally an ad-hoc "temporary" solution. The toolserver is 
great for prototyping, but anything integrated into the actual wiki 
should really be implemented as software. Toolserver tools also have a 
reputation for poor visual and functional integration with the rest of 
MediaWiki, poor quality standards, and general bugginess and ugliness.

To be fair, it's easier to write a toolserver script than a MediaWiki 
extension (because 99% of developers are lazy, and nobody has to check 
your code for XSS vectors). It also goes up immediately, as compared to 
writing a MediaWiki extension.

However, if you want to do it properly, I think it's worth the effort.

-- 
Andrew Garrett
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http://werdn.us


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