Template talk:ExtensionInstall

Misleading for developers, just use git
Pointing developers to Special:ExtensionDistributor is a bad idea if the extension has a git repository, and I think all the extensions it supports have one. Developers want the latest code, and want to be set up for git updates. ExtensionDistributor seems to just get a tagged release from github, so you might as well use git and pick a tag or branch.

One approach is to check out a particular branch of core, then use  to get all the extensions that WMF uses (whether or not you deploy them all), then check out master of particular extensions you're developing: -- S Page (WMF) (talk) 04:15, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I updated the template to tell developers to use git clone instead. -- S Page (WMF) (talk) 04:23, 11 January 2014 (UTC)