[WikiEN-l] [ResourceLoader] JavaScript may break on your wiki: Fix it before that happens

[Guillaume Paumier]

Reminder: this is 15 minutes.

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Guillaume Paumier
<guillom.pom at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> As you may know, the Wikimedia teach team has started to upgrade
> MediaWiki on some wikis. MediaWiki is the software that runs all
> Wikimedia wikis.
>
> The most visible change for Wikimedia users will be the deployment of
> ResourceLoader [1].
>
> ResourceLoader optimizes the use of JavaScript in MediaWiki, speeding up
> its delivery by compressing it sometimes, and cutting down on the amount
> of unused JavaScript that gets delivered to the browser in the first
> place.
>
> The installation of ResourceLoader may cause compatibility issues with
> existing JavaScript code.
>
> Trevor Parscal and Roan Kattouw, the main developers of ResourceLoader,
> will be available on IRC [2] on Monday, February 14th, at 18:00 (UTC)
> [3], to answer questions and help fix issues related to ResourceLoader.
>
> *If you maintain JavaScript code on your home wiki, please attend.*
> Don't wait until your wiki's JavaScript is all broken.
>
> Please spread this information as widely as possible; it's critical to
> reach as many local JavaScript maintainers as possible.
>
> Logs of the session will be published publicly.
>
> [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader
> [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours
> [3] All timezones: http://ur1.ca/3819u
>
> --
> Guillaume Paumier
> Product manager - Wikimedia Foundation
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>