Jack Phoenix wrote:
Another interesting and related point is the addition of core 'blank' page in r36856 (http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=rev&revision=36856) by Domas. He added the blank special page as a baseline to profile startup times. He used to use Special:Version for profiling, but since it's overloaded with useless i18n crap now, it is no longer effective.
This is not about i18n, but about the giant neverending pile of tables of stuff. (This has been somewhat reduced now by removing the lit of every single attached hook.)
-- brion