On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Chad <[email protected]> wrote:
> In r65404 [0], I have removed the current MSSQL implementation from
> MediaWiki. It is
> very broken, and is based on the older MSSQL driver for PHP which is no longer
> supported.

As long as no one was using it . . .

> Additionally, we have a new committer (CC'd this to him specifically) who is
> planning to work on MSSQL support. A branch will probably be best for this, at
> least initially.

Why?  A new database driver is exactly the sort of thing that
*doesn't* need a branch -- it shouldn't have to interfere with any
existing use of MediaWiki.

> I'd probably like to see new-installer merged before we work on
> trying to merge any new MSSQL implementations.

If someone is willing to do the work to add it, I don't see why we
shouldn't let them.

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