On 11/06/14 03:31, John wrote:
My suggestion, "Flip the fuck out" Its a really bad idea that wasnt thought though, If users want SwiftMailer support it should be done in an extension, and not in core
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Isarra Yos zhorishna@gmail.com wrote:
Okay, so I'm completely lost. Is the idea here that SwiftMailer is some shiny new thing that introduces new features, but also new dependencies and whatnot, and that MediaWiki as a whole won't work without the dependencies involved?
If so, does it really need to be in core? And if it doesn't, why isn't it an extension?
And even if it does need to be in core, why should it mean MediaWiki should no longer be installable from git? MediaWiki already has dependencies (which are generally met for all wikis when several are already installed), and the installation process either allows you to progress or not depending on whether or not they are met, but it does at least start out of the box. Why should this be any different? Is this really a sane transition/requirement for developers running test instances, for third-party projects running from git, and other users?
And, again, what's the purpose of it in the first place?
-L