On Feb 12, 2012 5:15 AM, "Arthur Richards" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 2:48 PM, K. Peachey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think it's actually better completely out from the current extension > > for a few reasons, > > > > * MF1 is currently a cluster extension so all the code needs to be > > reviewed before deployed > > * MF1 is already regularly deployed (close to weekly iirc) > > * John is working on having it [MF2] operate in a completely different > > method than current [MF1] so it would avoid possible breakage and > > compatibility issues > > > > I think you make good points here - we definitely understand the logic. A > lot of the things I think John is planning to address in his new extension > are things that we also would like to see in the existing MobileFrontend > extension, so hopefully we will be able to still coordinate and work > together to minimize duplicated work. > > > > > However, we feel that naming the rewrite 'MobileFrontend2' is > > problematic > > > as users have already started to confuse it with the current extension. > > > > Whom? It's not like it's really advertised anywhere apart from CR and > > SVN so it shouldn't be causing that many issues at the current stage. > > > > Place a '2' after an existing extension name implies that it is an > improved, and newer, version of an existing extension. Assuming John will > be building his extension as something completely different from the > existing MobileFrontend (like you outlined above), it is inappropriate to > name it 'MobileFrontend2'. We should work to find an acceptable alternative > that makes its functionality clear, and clearly differentiates it from the > existing MobileFrontend extension. >
If it wasn't a rewrite I wouldn't of placed a two after. Functionality wise, this will be a 1:1 replacement, with back end changes only. > -- > Arthur Richards > Software Engineer, Mobile > [[User:Awjrichards]] > IRC: awjr > +1-415-839-6885 x6687 > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
