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Paul Newby

17 Mar 2011 17 Mar '11

3:34 p.m.

Hi folks, I'm relatively new to mediawiki, and I'm wondering about best practices for maintaining extension code updates. Is there a way to maintain extensions vis a cvs server, as there is with Drupal modules? Also, is there a searchable archive of this list anywhere? Thanks, Paul N.

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Marcin Cieslak

17 Mar 17 Mar

3:57 p.m.

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Paul Newby <pnewby(a)ocasi.org> wrote:

Hi folks, I'm relatively new to mediawiki, and I'm wondering about best practices for maintaining extension code updates. Is there a way to maintain extensions vis a cvs server, as there is with Drupal modules?

Some extensions are hosted in the MediaWiki SVN repository: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/mediawiki/wiki/SVN But many of them are maintained independently by authors.

Also, is there a searchable archive of this list anywhere?

You might want to try GMANE: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki //Marcin

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Siebrand Mazeland

4:45 p.m.

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Hi Paul. On 17-03-11 15:34 Paul Newby <pnewby(a)ocasi.org> wrote:

Is there a way to maintain extensions vis a cvs server, as there is with Drupal modules? Also, is there a searchable archive of this list anywhere?

List archive with search: * http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki Subversion commit access: * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Commit_access Cheers! Siebrand

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Paul Newby

18 Mar 18 Mar

7:12 p.m.

New subject: [Mediawiki-l] maintaining extensions code

One more extension code maintenance question - is there any automated way of checking for extension updates? Also, how are extension revisions to the database performed? Thanks, Paul N. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Paul Newby <pnewby(a)ocasi.org> wrote:

Hi folks, I'm relatively new to mediawiki, and I'm wondering about best practices for maintaining extension code updates. Is there a way to maintain extensions vis a cvs server, as there is with Drupal modules? Also, is there a searchable archive of this list anywhere? Thanks, Paul N.

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Daniel Barrett

7:39 p.m.

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Extension updates to the database can be done with the LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates hook. The callback function is called when maintenance/update.php is run. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Hooks/LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates DanB -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Paul Newby Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 2:12 PM To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] maintaining extensions code One more extension code maintenance question - is there any automated way of checking for extension updates? Also, how are extension revisions to the database performed? Thanks, Paul N. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Paul Newby <pnewby(a)ocasi.org> wrote:

Hi folks, I'm relatively new to mediawiki, and I'm wondering about best practices for maintaining extension code updates. Is there a way to maintain extensions vis a cvs server, as there is with Drupal modules? Also, is there a searchable archive of this list anywhere? Thanks, Paul N.

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Paul Newby

7:47 p.m.

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Extension updates to the database can be done with the LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates hook. The callback function is called when maintenance/update.php is run.

Thanks. So am I correct in assuming that code updates to of any kind should be followed by running the update script? Paul N.

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Chad

11:51 p.m.

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On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Paul Newby <pnewby(a)ocasi.org> wrote:

Extension updates to the database can be done with the LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates hook. The callback function is called when maintenance/update.php is run.

Thanks. So am I correct in assuming that code updates to of any kind should be followed by running the update script?

Yes. -Chad

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Paul Newby

21 Mar 21 Mar

3:15 p.m.

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Is there an automated way of checking for (or being notified about) extension updates, or do you have to go through them and check each one? Thanks, Paul N.

One more extension code maintenance question - is there any automated way of checking for extension updates? Also, how are extension revisions to the database performed? Thanks, Paul N. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Paul Newby <pnewby(a)ocasi.org> wrote:

Hi folks, I'm relatively new to mediawiki, and I'm wondering about best practices for maintaining extension code updates. Is there a way to maintain extensions vis a cvs server, as there is with Drupal modules? Also, is there a searchable archive of this list anywhere? Thanks, Paul N.

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Chad

3:27 p.m.

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On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Paul Newby <pnewby(a)ocasi.org> wrote:

Is there an automated way of checking for (or being notified about) extension updates, or do you have to go through them and check each one? Thanks, Paul N.

Unfortunately you have to check for updates yourself. I'd like to see this fixed this year, it's absurd our extension process still requires so much manual labor. -Chad

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Paul Newby

3:39 p.m.

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Unfortunately you have to check for updates yourself. I'd like to see this fixed this year, it's absurd our extension process still requires so much manual labor.

That would be great. It's something Drupal does particularly well - it checks all the contributed modules for update status automatically, and there are regular email alerts that flag any module with a security issue - makes code maintenance a lot easier. Paul

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Benjamin Lees

3:47 p.m.

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On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Unfortunately you have to check for updates yourself. I'd like to see this fixed this year, it's absurd our extension process still requires so much manual labor.

Hear, hear! In the meantime, if you're using SVN, you can at least update everything in one go: ls extensions | xargs svn up (or SVN switch if you're moving to a new branch)

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