MaPhi Werner wrote:
Now, as I have no idea on how the submittal process works. Is there a chance to include this into the wiki itself, or does it have to be for 1.4 in order to be included?
1.3 has been in maintenance mode for some time, and is receiving only security updates at this time.
1.4 is in release candidacy and is receiving only bug fixes.
Any significant new features would only be accepted on the 1.5 branch. 1.5 already has a fairly different user rights system than the older versions, and it's currently unfinished and will require a lot of work and changes before 1.5 is released.
Do I need to submit the changes in a specific format, like a diff? If so, which would be the right tool to use? I'm working on a Windows box, using WinDiff - I guess that's not the right tool here :)
Unified diff format against CVS is preferred (produced by cvs diff -u). Patches should probably be posted as attachments (*not* comments) to an enhancement request on our bugzilla: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
The protect page contains a checkbox to hide a page from public view. If this checkbox is set, the "hidden" restriction is added to the page as well.
Note that this is likely unreliable; see past posts on this list about page hiding schemes being defeatable by template inclusion etc. MediaWiki is *not* designed to hide active pages on an editable wiki, and this should *not* be relied upon.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)