On 3 June 2014 17:01, Matthew Flaschen <mflasc...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On 05/22/2014 09:25 PM, James Forrester wrote: > >> Possibly, though I would suggest that it is not loaded by default. Frankly >> if an extension's authors have abandoned their extension to the extent >> that >> after several years' clear warning and a six month-long notice period they >> still didn't do a relatively trivial set of fixes, then it's reasonable to >> make it necessary for sysadmins to make a (small) effort acknowledging >> that >> this code is toxic and should only be used if you're willing to wade into >> "here be dragons" territory. >> > > What notice period are you referring to? > I don't recall; probably the announcement at the architecture summit? There have been a number of high-profile semi-announcements as well as comments and code reviews relating to this, most obviously this one: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-November/064280.html J. -- James D. Forrester Product Manager, VisualEditor Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. jforres...@wikimedia.org | @jdforrester _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l