On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Erik Bernhardson < ebernhard...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> 3. Replace RC_EXTERNAL with RC_WIKIDATA and RC_FLOW constants in their > respective extensions. This is also straightforward, but adds > development > overhead to ensure future creators of RC_* constants do not conflict > with > each other. It would be handled similarly to NS_* constants with an > on-wiki list. I have heard some mention that naming conflicts have > occurred in the past with this solution. This would force queries > looking > for only core sources of change to provide an inclusive list of RC_* > values > to find, rather than using rc_type != RC_EXTERNAL. > > Please don't repeat the mistake of having extension authors actually caring what their namespace number is. Everyone just goes "Oh, nobody's probably using 200 so I'll just do that." -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
