On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 4:40 AM, Daniel Kinzler <daniel.kinz...@wikimedia.de > wrote:
> Do we really want to manage something that is essentially configuration, > namely the set of available content models and formats, in a database > table? How is it maintained? > One simple method: assign the numeric IDs by making the numeric ID column auto-increment, and insert the model strings into the table as needed. PageAssessments uses this model for tracking its project tags.[1] The disadvantage is that there wouldn't be any cross-wiki mapping between model names and ids, which can be mitigated somewhat by never exposing the ids externally. [1]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/EPAS/browse/master/PageAssessmentsBody.php;c7b21e97f650face3a257ab70763a5abad420992$41-44 > > Such a mapping could be maintain in LocalSettings.php, just like we do for > namespaces. This would also serve to avoid ID clashes. My idea back then > was to have a sort of registry on mediawiki.org where extensions could > reserve an ID for themselves, so that the same ID would stand for the same > model everywhere. > Does the registry idea work all that smoothly for namespaces, though? -- Brad Jorsch (Anomie) Senior Software Engineer Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
