Ichiro Watanabe wrote:
I think the key problem is that sometimes what is documented as "default value" of some variables does not correspond to the value of those variables in LocalSettings.php, which is what I (and apparently many other people) expected.
So, for example, it is confusing to document that the default value of $wgStylePath is "{$wgScriptPath}/skins", because this is not (yet?) the case in LocalSettings.php, unless one explicitly assigns that value to the variable.
I really hope that either this gets "fixed" or the documentation is clarified.
Thank you.
I see what you mean. I don't think this can be "fixed", since you need to wait after LocalSettings has been included to set those variables which rely on other variables. So that leaves us with the option of clarifying the documentation. As someone who has fallen on it, how do you think it would be expressed to note that the default value that we are reporting on those pages won't be effective until after LocalSettings execution?