Luiz Augusto <lugusto(a)gmail.com> writes:
Firstly, thank you very much for enabling DPL on all
Wikisources! [1] It is
IMO a pity that this request was fulfilled based only in a direct request,
but at least it is now enabled.
Please help us to develop Wikimedia contents in foreign languages simply
giving 30 minutes each week to check those requests!
30 minutes a week would be less attention than they are currently
getting.
The Berlin Hackathon, was especially helpful in taking care of some of
these shell requests. Take a look at
http://hexm.de/2w for a list of
requests closed during the hackathon. Of special note is Bug #5220
(
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/5220), the request to “Enable email
notification on changes to user talk pages also on big wikis.” It has
been left for YEARS, much longer than any other request you mention.
There is hope for every bug, no matter how old.
However, I admit I have been giving non-shell requests a bit more
attention in my bugmeistering because the people with shell access are
pretty good about dealing with the requests. For example, of the 20
shell requests opened this month, only 12 have not yet been dealt with,
which means 40% of shell requests opened in the past two weeks are
already completed.
By comparison, only 85 of the 256 shell requests created since the first
of the have not yet been closed, so 67% of the shell requests opened
this year are completed.
That said, many of the open requests are open for a reason. For
example, the LiquidThreads request that you list:
25609
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25609> Enable
liquidthreads for the Wikimedia Brasil wiki (waiting since 2010-10-21)
is open because Andrew's LQT rewrite is ongoing. Last time I checked in
with Andrew on this, he was finishing up the backend rewrite. That was
at Easter, though, and I haven't checked back in on the LQT project to
see when we could start deploying it again.
You've made a good point, though, and I'll be working with CT Woo and
the operations team to make sure these requests get attention in a more
timely manner.
Mark.