Allow adding metadata to config options in extension.json
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Right now the "config" section is a simple mapping of name → value. We also have "magic" keys like _prefix and _merge_strategy. I'd like us to be able to add more metadata to individual config options in the future, so something like:

{
	"config": {
		"FooBar": {
			"public": true,
			"value": "baz",
			"merge_strategy": "array_plus"
		}
	}
}

Mostly this would give us significantly more flexibility in the future instead of using hacky underscore prefixed keys. This would be part of manifest_version 2, and I'd like to get it into 1.27.

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Legoktm created this task.Apr 26 2016, 1:02 AM

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I'm pretty sure you've something in mind with the "public" key, but I'm not sure what? :)

Generally speaken: I would welcome this, as it definitely gives us a lot more flexibility in this part of extension registration.

"public" was just an example of something I want to add in the future for when we start displaying config settings and their values on-wiki as part of config db, it wouldn't be part of this bug.

Florian moved this task from Backlog to Extension registration manifest_version 2 on the MediaWiki-Configuration board.Apr 29 2016, 9:03 PM

This would let us fix T100956: Support configuration settings that are filesystem paths in extension.json neatly for example.

@Legoktm: I'm not entirely sure what "would be part of manifest_version 2" mean from an implemantation point of view. My idea would be to still support string values only