Since ExtensionDistributor is intended for users, not developers, and Windows has poor support for symbolic links, perhaps ExtensionDistributor should (by default or with an option) dereference symbolic links into normal files.
See T103702: flow_post.partial.handlebars appears after posting a message.
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De-reference symlinks in tarball | labs/tools/extdist | master | +1 -1 |
Change 366414 had a related patch set uploaded (by Legoktm; owner: Legoktm):
[labs/tools/extdist@master] De-reference symlinks in tarball
Change 366414 merged by jenkins-bot:
[labs/tools/extdist@master] De-reference symlinks in tarball
The patch was merged and I see it is in production given that the extension GuidedTour – which has a symbolic link COPYING – has no symbolic link when downloaded on mediawiki.org but a correctly-dereferenced file.