On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Ryan Lane rlane32@gmail.com wrote:
Please, please, don't rename it again. Every time the name changes things break. They break for us, they break for third parties using SVN, and it breaks our ability to easily support the extensions when people ask for help.
Leave the name alone, and merge it into core as soon as possible.
This. Renames are bad, period. Just look at the issues surrounding trying to standardize extension include files as Foo/Foo.php for the new installer[0]. That being said, I don't *think* we have a lot of people using the Vector extension (WMF sites, Translatewiki?), so a rename in this case shouldn't inconvenience a lot of people. If there is some compelling reason to keep this as an extension, a rename *is* in order, since Vector simply will not do.
I do see that Roan (just now) has replied to the thread indicating his support for merging this stuff to core as well, so I wonder if it's all a moot point now and the extension can go the way of the Dodo.
-Chad
[0] See r65238-40, other revs from siebrand around 17th-18th of April this year