In general, because extensions are not as easy to maintain as wikipages are for Gadget developers. They don't WANT to use gerrit, git, go trough review, etc. It's the same reason why we have a ton of toolserver projects that could easily be extensions.
DJ
On 17 jul. 2013, at 23:52, Yuvi Panda yuvipanda@gmail.com wrote:
It's universally liked, is there almost on every wiki, and provides a much needed functionality. Why isn't this deployed as an extension, or better yet - part of core, than as a gadget? Just a matter of someone to do the work?
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