On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 7:41 PM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
How is duplicating a default value to hundreds of wikis, in a separate code base with its own user interface, a sane or desirable architecture?
Sane or desirable? Probably not. But it seems a lot easier for someone to get that working than to design, implement, and deploy global preferences in MediaWiki, either in core or as an extension.
Of course, if someone does want to work on implementing a global preferences extension and doing the work to get it deployed, then more power to them. A better solution to be sure, but it'll likely take more time and effort.
Or, I suppose, someone can try to convince a WMF team's PM that it should be prioritized above the team's existing work. But that seems like the least timely way to get it done, and I can give no estimate of the probability of success.