Questions about auxiliary extension files

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Created	2 September 2017 21:08:02
Last Modified	4 September 2017 16:30:44
Tags	Extensions

This note includes questions about the current state of installing extensions.

• Auxiliary files (e.g. composer.json, Gruntfile.js, package.json, CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) are getting added to extensions.
  • Are they documented anywhere?
    • They don't seem to be included at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Developing_extensions
  • Some information is at:
    • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Continuous_integration/Entry_points
    • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Continuous_integration/Tutorials
  • Is there a way to generate them automatically?
  • Who is responsible for adding them? (extension maintainer? somebody else?)
  • How are they kept up-to-date and by whom?
  • Is there redundancy?

• When an extension has a composer.json file, should it be added to composer.local.json?
  • Doing so for some of the "Semantic" extensions causes issues.
  • Doing some is required for some extensions.
  • What about other extensions?