-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi,
I don't have a strong opinion about the specific function in this case, but I did want to discuss a few things about the policy itself. On 07/30/2018 06:28 AM, Stephan Gambke via Wikitech-l wrote: > I know it is annoying as heck to keep outdated code, but if you ask > me, unless there is an immediate compelling reason for the removal > the deprecation policy should not be bypassed. Just to be a bit pedantic here to ensure there isn't confusion - the *policy* is not being bypassed. The policy has a provision for "removal without deprecation"[1], which Aryeh is following here. The deprecation *period* is being bypassed. > And in my opinion "I did not find any extension that uses this > method" is not sufficient. Not all extensions/skins are hosted on > WMF servers. If your extensions/skins are public, it's trivial to get them included in codesearch[2] - if your code isn't on Gerrit, it can be added to[3]. The policy states: "Extensions that are open source will be given more consideration than those that core developers cannot see." So it's really in extension developers best interest to make their code visible to core developers. [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Deprecation_policy#Removal_without_deprec ation [2] https://codesearch.wmflabs.org/ [3] https://github.com/MWStake/nonwmf-extensions - -- Legoktm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEE+h6fmkHn9DUCyl1jUvyOe+23/KIFAltgGiYACgkQUvyOe+23 /KJFVg/7BYN2OPhSwivOdqdR+6/7GGEmLMT/xngw/j6pJIpsXqqbWjZ9cMTN+EID l7dIiyv6UOryj8r6xedseqe/jldzB3Vic+VHhSgGvXniEaDJodZZRBBbLgFKZ7cu uIk3yPyZW4+b0L8rfhLksHg9ahsbU7Z0diPSuJeO9NnFIPujGYMkzBCUKb3ZH7QK AbSWFERrqQp5ivvw0+cXcwtBXh9+/kgsoI8btlA7jtPJ3Iwajg3O6QS8MId87mG5 A9oFkmtt+4WvOQjr2c5bmnW4f5bbx4n9W/GDcNXuCYHeQbNh86QKWy54MzmSp553 L7BdsWxu4AKWyVy4e5NUhQqHFX0PSc5kJJ6nB5eQdkMGracMUNNUjTEPzf5sgJLn UJ+xvqxwXMygn4bmz+VEBXniOaUfnFUqfgKxFg1bOAJnjv/abuVKvXZVr5NW8KhQ r+RP1jRuimVebs/2ZQCN8qs/GHMU3aXDyyYNBx1lTw0Tt6W5Ivz38Z7hnIG7mGu8 vumXO3SWtItkmjB/+98HKePqRM+BniZZgrsEsYE8cVvzAfSCvAZV5asK2O37LTYo qH7tJB1Qh+ewpINP/yMWZ0q0Ez18jJipSXdoqaHZVWYBmMiKhsmxMbeUDC53T4UJ CKMe/OYpZlhtFSvE/i6OrpPcJ36VT4druv0x+PFEDhXg8+pFFbc= =JoqO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
