On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:53:42 +0100, Frando frando@xcite-online.de wrote:
I read the infos about LiquidThreads, and i've to say: it's IMHO simply perfect.
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If i read correctly, a release of LiquidThreads will only be available with the release of MediaWiki 2.0. I read about MediaWiki 2.0 the first time a few days ago, is there already a code available? Who is mainly responsible for this project? Where are more infos available?
I hate to disappoint you, but as far as I'm aware LiquidThreads, and anything else that's been put forward for "MediaWiki 2.0" is currently nothing more than a concept. The development of the existing code is heavily constrained by the lack of full-time developers, and there are all sorts of things people would *like* to do, and even things that *need* doing [as in bug-fixes, etc], which are simply having to be put off indefinitely.
So, as far as I know, MediaWiki 2.0 isn't really a project at all; it's a set of aims, that, if there were time to make really major changes to the software, would be the priorities. That's not to say it'll never happen, but I think it would be unwise to try and predict when it will. As for features, like LiquidThreads, that are labelled as "coming in 2.0" or whatever, I think that's more or less a way of saying "this isn't something that's coming any time soon, but if I had time I'd try coding it".
So IMHO MediaWiki 2.0 is a real great project. This time, the main target should be - from the beginning on - perfect extensibility, logically structured code (1 parser class in 1 file ;) ), increase of performance and so on ..
These are indeed great aims, and if anyone had the time to do such a rewrite it would be enormously useful. But I'm afraid I don't see anyone getting round to it any time soon. Sorry to disappoint.