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(a)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