I tend to agree that skins should be installed in exactly the same way as other extensions. This will also help make installation more automateable.
-- brion On May 20, 2014 11:39 PM, "Tim Starling" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21/05/14 07:25, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: > > * $IP/extensions/SkinName/ for everything, the rest as above. This > > makes the skin work exactly like an extension. The only example I > > could find on mediawiki.org is the Nostalgia skin [5]. > > I introduced this facility to core many years ago, and I still > generally think it is a good idea. There are in fact at least another > 6 skins that use this system: they are in mediawiki/extensions/skins > in Gerrit -- a directory layout carried over from Subversion. > Nostalgia should have been put there too. > > The main reason I think it is a good idea is code sharing. Treating > skins as extensions means you can share automated distribution and > installation systems. > > -- Tim Starling > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
