On 21/05/14 07:25, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote:
- $IP/extensions/SkinName/ for everything, the rest as above. This
makes the skin work exactly like an extension. The only example I could find on mediawiki.org is the Nostalgia skin [5].
I introduced this facility to core many years ago, and I still generally think it is a good idea. There are in fact at least another 6 skins that use this system: they are in mediawiki/extensions/skins in Gerrit -- a directory layout carried over from Subversion. Nostalgia should have been put there too.
The main reason I think it is a good idea is code sharing. Treating skins as extensions means you can share automated distribution and installation systems.
-- Tim Starling