Proposal: Add NamespaceManager

[jeffw16]

Proposal

Add the NamespaceManager extension to the recommended revisions manifests (1.43.yaml and 1.44.yaml).

About the extension

NamespaceManager 2.0 lets wiki administrators create and manage custom MediaWiki namespaces from a database-backed Codex interface at Special:ManageNamespaces, guarded by the managenamespaces right (granted to sysop by default). Namespace definitions live in a single namespacemanager_namespace table created through MediaWiki's abstract schema system (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite) and are cached via WANObjectCache. An Action API module (action=namespacemanager, operation=get/save) provides the same functionality as the special page.

This removes the common need to hand-edit $wgExtraNamespaces and related globals in LocalSettings.php, which is especially useful for Canasta deployments where LocalSettings.php edits are less convenient than in-wiki configuration.

• Repository: https://github.com/mywikis/NamespaceManager
• License: GPL-2.0-only
• Maintainer: MyWikis LLC
• Requires: MediaWiki >= 1.43, PHP >= 8.1
• Default branch: main
• No Composer runtime dependencies; a database update (update.php) is required after install.

Suggested manifest entry

- NamespaceManager:
    repository: https://github.com/mywikis/NamespaceManager
    branch: main
    commit: cce725c30d57f90ac3c85c4168830838440ee54b # v. 2.0.1
    additional steps:
    - database update