On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Waldir Pimenta <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Krinkle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> But before more bike shedding (have we had enough these last 2 months >> yet?), is there a problem with having a directory? >> > > It somewhat breaks the pattern, considering that all the other access > points (and their corresponding php5 files) are located in the root. So > that leaves only overrides.php, which I'm not sure why it was kept in > mw-config, considering that (quoting Platonides) "the installer used to be > in the config folder, until the rewrite, which *moved the classes* to > includes/installer" (emphasis mine). If the classes were moved to > includes/installer, why did those of overrides.php's remain? So they can be > easily deleted? I don't think they're the only files that are kept around > that people won't use, so the convenience of an easy deletion doesn't seem > that much of a big advantage, especially at the expense of a logical > organization of the code. > > By the way, there's also an INSTALL file in the root, so even if > overrides.php was moved there, it wouldn't be the only installation-related > non-access-point to be kept there. > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Moving around files causes confusion as all docs have to be updated, and some docs will be missed. Sometimes that sort of confusion can't be avoided, but if there's no problem with where the installer is, I would be opposed to moving. Some very paranoid people may still want to delete the installer entry point after install, as one can still use it to do maintenance stuff (db upgrades) if folks have the right password. Putting it in /mw-config also provides a nice separation from mediawiki proper imo. --bawolff _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
