Dear devs,
A couple of months back, I discovered that the ToC of MediaWiki does
not work well with tag extensions that introduce new sections,
probably because this use case was not envisaged upon implementation
of tag extensions.
This results in the sections generated by said tag extension not
showing up in the ToC, which obviously needs to be resolved for the
tag extension to be of any use.
I filed a bug back then
(
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45317), and even
though I didn't get much of a response, I have been able to both
identify the problem and propose a solution (introducing a third
unstrip type for DOM elements that can contain sections).
This solution involves editing core Parser files; seeing as I would
like this functionality to be available for other projects rather than
just my own wiki and extension, I would like to get it into official
MW releases.
I do understand however that some developer new to MW -- like myself
-- will likely not be allowed alter Parser code at will (for they
could e.g. critically impair performance if not break things) and so I
have been trying to get in contact with people who know their way
around that area, to make the process go smoother and select the best
solution.
My corresponding requests in the filed bug and on IRC sadly haven't
been answered, so I now resort to this list in an attempt to garner
the interest and assistance I seek.
Your time and thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
--
LF