2011/1/4 Rob Lanphier <ro...@robla.net>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Chad <innocentkil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Rob Lanphier <ro...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> If, for example, we can build some sort of per-revision indicator of > >> markup language (sort of similar to mime type) which would let us > >> support multiple parsers on the same wiki, then it would be possible > >> to build alternate parsers that people could try out on a per-article > >> basis (and more importantly, revert if it doesn't pan out). The > >> thousands of MediaWiki installs could try out different syntax > >> options, and maybe a clear winner would emerge. > > > > Or you end up supporting 5 different parsers that people like > > for slightly different reasons :) > > Yup, that would definitely be a strong possibility without a > disciplined approach. However, done correctly, killing off fringe > parsers on a particular wiki would be fairly easy to do. Just because > the underlying wiki engine allows for 5 different parsers, doesn't > mean a particular wiki would need to allow the creation of new pages > or new revisions using any of the 5. If we build the tools that allow > admins some ability to constrain the choices, it doesn't have to get > too out of hand on a particular wiki. > > If we were to go down this development path, we'd need to commit ahead > of time to be pretty stingy about what we bless as a "supported" > parser, and brutal about killing off support for outdated parsers. > > Rob > > _______________________________________________ > 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
