From dfc50165dd187968fa9fd27856f3dc952ad783e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: intrigeri Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:32:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] po and doc/todo/need_global_renamepage_hook: response Signed-off-by: intrigeri --- doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/todo/need_global_renamepage_hook.mdwn | 6 +++ 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn index 490cc2d6c..8b8bccb5a 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/po.mdwn @@ -212,27 +212,73 @@ finish it at some point in the first quarter of 2009. --[[intrigeri]] > 3.x API, which I've promised not to do, so needs to be avoided > somehow. (Sorry, I guess I dropped the ball on not getting this > API change in before cutting 3.0..) +> +>> I'm discussing the solutions we now have on +>> [[todo/need_global_renamepage_hook]], as the solution I implemented +>> was initially agreed on there. +>> > * I don't understand the parentlinks code change and need to figure it > out. Can you explain what is going on there? +>> +>> I'm calling `bestlink` there so that po's injected `bestlink` is +>> run. This way, the parent links of a page link to the parent page +>> version in the proper language, depending on the +>> `po_link_to=current` and `po_link_to=negotiated` settings. +>> Moreover, when using my meta branch enhancements plus meta title to +>> make pages titles translatable, this small patch is needed to get +>> the translated titles into parentlinks. +>> > * canrename's mix of positional and named parameters is way too > ugly to get into an ikiwiki API. Use named parameters > entirely. Also probably should just use named parameters > for canremove. > * `skeleton.pm.example`'s canrename needs fixing to use either > the current or my suggested parameters. +>> +>> I'll do both. +>> > * I don't like the exporting of `%backlinks` and `$backlinks_calculated` > (the latter is exported but not used). +>> +>> The commit message for 85f865b5d98e0122934d11e3f3eb6703e4f4c620 +>> contains the rationale for this change. I guess I don't understand +>> the subtleties of `our` use, and perldoc does not help me a lot. +>> IIRC, I actually did not use `our` to "export" these variables, but +>> rather to have them shared between `Render.pm` uses. +>> > * What is this `IkiWiki::nicepagetitle` and why are you > injecting it into that namespace when only your module uses it? > Actually, I can't even find a caller of it in your module. +>> +>> I guess you should have a look to my `meta` branch and to +>> [[bugs/pagetitle_function_does_not_respect_meta_titles]] in order +>> to understand this :) +>> > * I'm very fearful of the `add_depends` in `postscan`. > Does this make every page depend on every page that links > to it? Won't this absurdly bloat the dependency pagespecs > and slow everything down? And since nicepagetitle is given > as the reason for doing it, and nicepagetitle isn't used, > why do it? +>> +>> As explained in the 85f865b5d98e0122934d11e3f3eb6703e4f4c620 log: +>> this feature hits performance a bit. Its cost was quite small in my +>> real-world use-cases (a few percents bigger refresh time), but +>> could be bigger in worst cases. When using the po plugin with my +>> meta branch changes (i.e. the `nicepagetitle` thing), and having +>> enabled the option to display translation status in links, this +>> maintains the translation status up-to-date in backlinks. Same when +>> using meta title to make the pages titles translatable. It does +>> help having a nice and consistent translated wiki, but as it hurts +>> performance, I'm proposing to turn it into an option. +>> > * The po4a Suggests should be versioned to the first version > that can be used safely, and that version documented in > `plugins/po.mdwn`. +>> +>> Sure. I was waiting for the necessary version to be actually +>> released, but we can guess it will be 0.35. +>> +>> --[[intrigeri]] > > --[[Joey]] diff --git a/doc/todo/need_global_renamepage_hook.mdwn b/doc/todo/need_global_renamepage_hook.mdwn index f4e18baa2..aa543a64c 100644 --- a/doc/todo/need_global_renamepage_hook.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/need_global_renamepage_hook.mdwn @@ -55,3 +55,9 @@ would solve my problem. Hmmm? --[[intrigeri]] >> In my `po` branch, I renamed `renamepage` to `renamelink`, and >> created a `rename` hook that is passed a reference to `@torename`. >> --[[intrigeri]] + +>>> As Joey highlights it on [[plugins/contrib/po]], it's too late to +>>> merge such a change, as the 3.x plugin API is released and should +>>> not be broken. I'm thus proposing to keep the existing +>>> `renamepage` as it is, and call `rename` the global hook I need. +>>> --[[intrigeri]] -- 2.26.2