On 10/12/2010 9:58 PM, Trevor Parscal wrote: > 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. >
Correct, that's the problem you didn't even mention. -- Alex (wikipedia:en:User:Mr.Z-man) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
