On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 2:44 AM, Yury Katkov katkov.juriy@gmail.com wrote:
I very much lie the idea of this extension: it's very useful to know what changes have been made in a software one is using. Does it only work with WMF's gerrit? Many extensions are not hosted there. I think that for them you can just compare the version number of the extension with its current version number on mediawiki.org.
Thanks for the comment Yuri!
For the moment, it's only using gerrit for the extension repos, but the plan is to add more options after the extension is stable and passes some review about its value and the strategy I'm using. It's definitely planned.
I was actually thinking of adding "alternative repo location" option for extensions that can't be found on gerrit, so users can put in the repository themselves.
I didn't think about comparing the versions, I was thinking of trying to see if there are revisions in the commit history -- but this is a good idea. I'll check into that.
Thanks!
Moriel