Hey,
Assuming that we are going to put *some* extensions in, we need to decide
which ones.
As some might remember, I raised the question of the Validator extension [0] could be included in the tarball earlier this year [1]. This extensions goal is facilitating features in other extensions, which makes it somewhat unique, and is I think a good reason to include it in the tarball. It currently has 8 other extensions that are directly dependent on it, and at least a dozen more that are indirectly dependent on it, so having it in the tarball would make using it easier for extension devs.
[0] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Validator [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/msg11876.html
Cheers
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