On 10/12/10 6:10 PM, Alex wrote: > On 10/12/2010 8:35 PM, Trevor Parscal wrote: >> Conversation has been taking place on CodeReview about whether people >> (developer and system administrators) will find it confusing that >> there's code in both "extensions/Vector" and "skins/vector" that are >> related but not the same thing. >> >> I personally find it simple to understand and don't expect most >> developers and system administrators to feel otherwise, but in the >> interest of upholding the community-driven decision making process that >> has made MediaWiki what it is, I wanted to bring a little extra >> attention to the matter so we can make a decision and move on with our >> lives. >> >> I'm interested in views on whether the Vector extension should be named >> something else or remain as it is. If your view is that it should be >> renamed, suggestions for what it should be named would be useful. >> >> Apologies in advance for the sheer triviality of this matter; >> unfortunately these kinds of bike shed problems [2] tend to be >> infinitely exciting, while complex matters are more often met with >> general disinterest. > I think its a bit disingenuous to say that the only issue is the naming > of the Vector extension. My opposition is to splitting the > UsabilityInitiative into separate extensions for what will very likely > be only a *single release*. And as Chad noted, there's also the question > of whether they should even continue to be an extension. Or to put it > another way, should we intentionally hold off on adding the usability > stuff to core until the next release because we're already adding > ResourceLoader in 1.17? That's hardly a bike shed problem. > Nor is it the problem I am referring to as a bike shed problem.
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