Dear devs,
A couple of months back, I discovered that the ToC of MediaWiki does not work well with tag extensions that introduce new sections, probably because this use case was not envisaged upon implementation of tag extensions. This results in the sections generated by said tag extension not showing up in the ToC, which obviously needs to be resolved for the tag extension to be of any use.
I filed a bug back then (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45317), and even though I didn't get much of a response, I have been able to both identify the problem and propose a solution (introducing a third unstrip type for DOM elements that can contain sections). This solution involves editing core Parser files; seeing as I would like this functionality to be available for other projects rather than just my own wiki and extension, I would like to get it into official MW releases.
I do understand however that some developer new to MW -- like myself -- will likely not be allowed alter Parser code at will (for they could e.g. critically impair performance if not break things) and so I have been trying to get in contact with people who know their way around that area, to make the process go smoother and select the best solution. My corresponding requests in the filed bug and on IRC sadly haven't been answered, so I now resort to this list in an attempt to garner the interest and assistance I seek.
Your time and thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Kind regards, -- LF
Upload your proposed patch to gerrit and add me (cscott < cananian@wikimedia.org>) to the list of reviewers. I'll add the rest of the usual suspects. --scott On Aug 16, 2013 4:56 PM, "Lord_Farin" lord_farin@proofwiki.org wrote:
Dear devs,
A couple of months back, I discovered that the ToC of MediaWiki does not work well with tag extensions that introduce new sections, probably because this use case was not envisaged upon implementation of tag extensions. This results in the sections generated by said tag extension not showing up in the ToC, which obviously needs to be resolved for the tag extension to be of any use.
I filed a bug back then (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45317), and even though I didn't get much of a response, I have been able to both identify the problem and propose a solution (introducing a third unstrip type for DOM elements that can contain sections). This solution involves editing core Parser files; seeing as I would like this functionality to be available for other projects rather than just my own wiki and extension, I would like to get it into official MW releases.
I do understand however that some developer new to MW -- like myself -- will likely not be allowed alter Parser code at will (for they could e.g. critically impair performance if not break things) and so I have been trying to get in contact with people who know their way around that area, to make the process go smoother and select the best solution. My corresponding requests in the filed bug and on IRC sadly haven't been answered, so I now resort to this list in an attempt to garner the interest and assistance I seek.
Your time and thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
LF
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And I really should have suggested reporting the feature request in bugzilla as well. It is helpful when patches can be associated with a bug number. --scott On Aug 16, 2013 7:17 PM, "C. Scott Ananian" cananian@wikimedia.org wrote:
Upload your proposed patch to gerrit and add me (cscott < cananian@wikimedia.org>) to the list of reviewers. I'll add the rest of the usual suspects. --scott On Aug 16, 2013 4:56 PM, "Lord_Farin" lord_farin@proofwiki.org wrote:
Dear devs,
A couple of months back, I discovered that the ToC of MediaWiki does not work well with tag extensions that introduce new sections, probably because this use case was not envisaged upon implementation of tag extensions. This results in the sections generated by said tag extension not showing up in the ToC, which obviously needs to be resolved for the tag extension to be of any use.
I filed a bug back then (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45317), and even though I didn't get much of a response, I have been able to both identify the problem and propose a solution (introducing a third unstrip type for DOM elements that can contain sections). This solution involves editing core Parser files; seeing as I would like this functionality to be available for other projects rather than just my own wiki and extension, I would like to get it into official MW releases.
I do understand however that some developer new to MW -- like myself -- will likely not be allowed alter Parser code at will (for they could e.g. critically impair performance if not break things) and so I have been trying to get in contact with people who know their way around that area, to make the process go smoother and select the best solution. My corresponding requests in the filed bug and on IRC sadly haven't been answered, so I now resort to this list in an attempt to garner the interest and assistance I seek.
Your time and thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
LF
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On 8/16/13, C. Scott Ananian cananian@wikimedia.org wrote:
And I really should have suggested reporting the feature request in bugzilla as well. It is helpful when patches can be associated with a bug number. --scott
He listed a bug in his previous email: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45317
I don't think he has a patch, but an idea for how to go about fixing the issue, and wants advice on if his proposed approach would be accepted.
--bawolff
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