As proposed on w:pt:Wikipédia:Café dos programadores#Proposta: Reduzir o uso de variáveis globais em JS and b:pt:Tópico:Wikilivros Discussão:Portal comunitário/Reduzir o uso de variáveis globais please set $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals = false on these two Portuguese wikis.
See Also:
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declined | Dereckson | T72366 Set $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals = false on ptwiki and ptwikibooks | |||
| Resolved | Jdforrester-WMF | T35837 Set $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals = false by default | |||
| Resolved | Krinkle | T58550 Show deprecation notices when accessing wg* JavaScript globals | |||
| Resolved | None | T67011 Set $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals = false on test2wiki | |||
| Resolved | phuedx | T177259 Collection using deprecated global variables |
I don't want to step on any toes but can I genuinely recommend against this for the time being? If at all possible I would like to not configure this on a per-wiki basis.
There's lots of cross-wiki gadgets, people using global.js (not just people who are active in multiple languages who can be told to adapt their scripts, but also stewards, global sysops, CVN/SWMT patrollers etc.) who's scripts will break.
As a MediaWiki developer I also have to tell you that we have not yet begun the open migration phase for legacy globals. We haven't "told" anyone yet to migrate, so it's not fair to break things now without giving people fair time to update their scripts.
And again, I highly recommend, for technical reasons and user's convenience and productivity, that we do *not* configure this kind of settings on a per-wiki basis.
For the switch of this configuration for Wikimedia in general, refer to: T35837: Set $wgLegacyJavaScriptGlobals = false by default
I've reviewed the two following URLs:
I'm not comfortable to consider this is a community at large request with only 5 people giving an opinion.
I close this request as declined as Krinkle has given a very good rationale to harmonize this kind of decision, and we haven't got any counter argument, feedback or use cases.