[Pkg-mediawiki-devel] packaging of MW extensions

[Gabriel Filion]

On 10-06-23 12:37 PM, Romain Beauxis wrote:
> Le mercredi 23 juin 2010 10:44:06, Thorsten Glaser a écrit :
>> Ah okay. So if I were to tackle the package from unstable, add all
>> the plugins I need, make an 2.2test1 out of that, I could build and
>> install it on lenny unmodifiedly?
>
> Absolutely !
> The extension package is really a simple package. Besides, I also test them on
> lenny when I have time :-)
>
>>> Well, I hope our divergences in technical aspects will not prevent us
>>> from  working on this package :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Let me know what you think of the update script..
>>
>> If the above is the case, I think I can abandon my packages and
>> the PPA packages and throw all of it into yours. Grudgingly, but
>> for the sake of better cooperation with you, less work for all
>> of us (I assume you’ll be taking care of the extensions I add
>> when you do your regular upgrades, and I’ll test most of the
>> stuff anyway, and Gabriel can probably just rebuild the packages
>> for his systems too), I see the benefits.
>
>
> Of course I will, it's a win-win situation !
>
>

Just a question like that, if an extension is not present in the 
mediawiki svn, is it still possible to include it in the extensions package?

Some MW extensions are distributed as code on a wiki page (yuck!). so do 
you simply exclude those extensions or is it possible to submit them to 
be reviewed before inclusion?

-- 
Gabriel Filion