Hi all,
Two months ago, we talked about Extension:Widgets [1] and
mediawikiwidgets.org [2] on wikitech-l [3].
Reminder: With Extension:Widgets, external services (Youtube,
Facebook...) are added to the parser by writing code (smarty) in the
Widget namespace. These Widgets are hosted on
mediawikiwidgets.org.
In short, Sergey Chernyshev [4] wondered how we could save this great
work. That lead to a discussion about the quality/sustainability of
Extension:Widgets. Biggest issues raised were: security (code stored
within the wiki pages) and version control (of widgets).
We [5] have been working since on Extension:WidgetsFramework [6].
Inspired by Extension:Widgets, we hope it could be a suitable
successor. With Extension:WidgetsFramework, external services are
added to the parser like any other MediaWiki extension (php) but the
code is factorized and simplified. These Widgets are hosted in Git [7]
See the thorough documentation:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WidgetsFramework
We believe WidgetsFramework is now stable and advanced enough to face
the community (and its challenging insights). And here we are, asking:
- Do you think this extension has an use and a future for more than
just our wiki?
- If yes, what is the best way to distribute/manage the codes
(framework+widgets) within the community?
- If answer is "Git+Gerrit+mediawiki.org", can we get help? Our
resources are rather limited and... well... Gerrit scares us a bit :-)
Thank you for your time,
Regards.
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[1]
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Widgets
[2]
http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org
[3]
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical/637…
[4]
http://www.sergeychernyshev.com
[5]
http://www.seizam.com
[6]
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WidgetsFramework
[7]
https://github.com/Seizam/seizamcore/tree/master/WikiZam/extensions/Widgets…
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Clément Dietschy
Seizam Sàrl.
24, rue de Bâle
68300 Saint-Louis (France)
tél. +33 6 87 75 99 27
www.seizam.com