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Wikitech-ambassadors October 2011

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Attention developers (Gadgets, user/site scripts, Toolserver tools, MediaWiki extensions, ..)

by Krinkle

Hi all, If you write, maintain or are otherwise active in development, and directly or indirectly make use of MediaWiki, then you should subscribe to: mediawiki-api-announce(a)lists.wikimedia.org That is a mailing list that only brings important announcements for developers that use MediaWiki as an API. Note that this list is not limited to API as "api.php" but about MediaWiki as a application programming interface (API) in general. Subjects that have announcements on that list: * Important changes in database schema (columns or tables added, removed or changed in such a way that you should change your queries. Think for example of the addition of rev_deleted, queries should most likely query for rev_deleted=0 now). * Changes in the JavaScript API (methods being deprecated or removed in the mediawiki.js library etc. as well as upgrades of third-party libraries that ship with MediaWiki, such as jQuery). * Major changes to the HTML layout (such as the change for the sidebar id to #mw-panel) * Hooks in MediaWiki PHP. Mostly for extension developers. Changes or deprecation of hooks. * And last but not least, the api.php itself. All major changes. === Although time will learn how the list is used, to readers and writers of this list: "All subjects should clearly indicate what needs changing and when!" For example "Vector skin sidebar html ID changes to '#mw-panel' in 1.17". Also, whenever Wikimedia has scheduled a deployment of revision(s) or entire branches that expose any change that was previously announced, a new mail should be sent here to remind/summarize upcoming changes (since gadgets should/can't be changed until the new version is deployed but new versions can be prepared or tested in advance) Hope to see you soon on mediawiki-api-announce(a)lists.wikimedia.org :) Please reply-to to wikitech to keep discussions about this central. -- Krinkle

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Wikitech-ambassadors October 2011