Ashar Voultoiz <hashar+wmf(a)free.fr> writes:
Thanks for this initiative! It is always great to have
a target when
doing hacking week-end.
Thanks. Of course, I hope we can still get a 1.17 tarball together in a
timely manner. Decisions, decisions.
You should also have a look at the most voted
enhancements bugs.
Excellent idea! Here are the 11 open enhancement requests that got more
than 30 votes.
Votes Summary
116 Support collation by a certain locale (sorting order of
characters)
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/164
83 Interproject links
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/708
61 Interwikies sort in phonetic, site defined order
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/2867
46 Automatic category redirects
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/3311
45 Use a dedicated interface for adding interwiki/category links, not
wikitext
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/167
44 Allow users to be blocked from editing a specific article
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/674
43 Add a music wikimodule
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/189
42 gallery of images uploaded by a user
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/3341
40 Add section edit link for 0th section
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/156
33 Implement the Interlanguage extension in Wikipedia
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/15607
31 Enable template inclusion from Commons (transclusion => interwiki
templates, etc.)
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/4547
Some of these are being worked on (#4547, #15607), some have patches
that, if outdated, at least act as a place-holder of someone's idea for
how things should be done (#3341, #674, #3311, #2867, #164).
All of them, though, are visible changes that developers haven't (yet)
rejected with WONTFIX, but, despite the interest, no one has managed to
take care of yet.
Each of these bugs tells a story. Each one reflects a strong
desire. Each one is a chance for a new star to be born.
(Forgive my melodrama, but the interest shown on these bugs feels pretty
compelling to me.)
Mark.