It's the exact same yellow as before, guys. The *exact* shade.
This is the exact definition of a "bikeshed" argument. Feel free to
move along.
On 12/22/11 10:33 AM, Erwin Dokter wrote:
> I'd like to ask for more eyes and participation in an issue that is in an
> apparent stalemate.
>
> It all started with revision 105280
> (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/105280), where
> Hashdar commited a new color scheme for diffs based on the French scheme.
> When this generated some flack for making "green the remove-color", I
> submitted a patch that reversed the colors
> (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33139). This was met with
> general approval.
>
> Before it could be applied though, Brandon steps in with another patch
> (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/106884) that mixed
> the old yellow with the new blue, that looks absolutely horrible; a view in
> which I am not alone. I immediately submitted a new patch that adjusted the
> colors and levels, which is now under discussion.
>
> However, today Hashdar closed my bug/patch as Resolved, as he considers the
> matter closed. As the matter is clearly not, I reopened it. Now I would like
> to invite as many devs as possible to chime in at r106884 (3rd link) to
> evaluate the various options. Because if the current revision stands, and
> subsequently makes in into MediaWiki, we will have a default diff color
> scheme that will generate a guaranteed backlash form any project that uses
> MediaWiki.
>
> I'm not one to complain fast, but I now understand why develpers without
> commit access just turn around and walk away; if submittd patches that have
> approval are summarily overruled by those with commit access, there is
> really no point in continueing to submit patches.
>
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