Ah. That answers my questions. This snapshot stuff looks very similar to
the StableVersion extension.
I guess I won't push people very hard to version stuff in our
environment till I see how this plays out.
Thanks for the info.
V/r,
Ryan Lane
-----Original Message-----
From: wikitech-l-bounces(a)wikimedia.org [mailto:wikitech-l-
bounces(a)wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Brion Vibber
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 9:16 AM
To: Wikimedia developers
Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] German Wikipedia feature in the news
Lane, Ryan wrote:
> I keep reading about the German Wikipedia in the news and some new
> feature that is going to be added there, but I haven't heard
anything
> about it on this list. Should I be subscribed to
some other list?
Has
> this even been discussed in the lists, or is it
just on IRC (I can't
use
IRC at work
unfortunately)?
It has either been discussed in German somewhere or in secret. If in
German, I
can't help you. See the other posts on Wikipedia-l etc.
> As for the feature, what is the plan for the technical
implementation?
> Is it an extension? Can it be found anywhere? Is
this going to be
using
the
StableVersion extension or something like it?
See the snapshot-work branch and my Wikimedia presentation.
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)