Rob Lanphier wrote:
MZMcBride wrote:
Rob Lanphier wrote:
If all goes well, you should only notice the
improvement. If it
doesn¹t go
well, that¹s because there¹s something we missed, and that¹s where
we¹d love
your help. Please help us test this release! We have a test
instance of the
software we plan to deploy available at
http://prototype.wikimedia.org/
.
Why is
prototype.wikimedia.org being used instead of
test.wikipedia.org? I
was under the impression that the purpose of
test.wikipedia.org was a
pre-deployment launch pad while
prototype.wikimedia.org is used for
testing
new extensions/features. Has this changed?
Yeah it has. I don't recall the exact history of how we got to this
point.
I imagine that the two should become one in the future.
Another difference I'd like to point out is that prototype isn't 1
wiki, it's a group of
wikis. If I recall correctly there will be a prototype for each of the
major wikipedia
projects and special projects (eg. commons). With their main page and
site scripts
copied there. That way users can see if everything works properly,
mess with
their gadgets, check common.css/.js and <skinName>.js/.css.
--
Krinkle