On 1/7/07, GerardM <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
When the Wikimedia Foundation wants to make MediaWiki
an official project,
it has the potential to make this change happen. With this change, the WMF
however assumes responsibilities that it currently does not have. It
currently does not take responsibility for the way Brion has too much on his
plate to finish the many things he did not finish. It can at this moment
selfishly urge Brion to do whatever because of WMF priorities.
Well, Brion has been the release manager for MediaWiki for years.
Since he's on the payroll of WMF, I don't think we're assuming any
_new_ responsibilities, but merely clarifying existing
responsibilities. And I definitely do agree that the WMF should do a
better job at soliciting and coordinating external contributions to
MW, but this, like many other things the WMF _should_ be doing, is
greatly limited by our ability to spend money on doing so.
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Peace & Love,
Erik
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