I'm trying to compare the feeling of the group (that we know exactly
why we are here and how this aligns with the WMF mission) and my
personal feeling (that we do whatever is asked and often the asks are
questionable).
I went to the wiki page for our group [0] and found this list of
"responsibilities" for the MediaWiki Core team:
* Manage the MediaWiki release cycle
* Ensure that MediaWiki core is meeting the evolving needs of the website
* Make quality MediaWiki releases available for others outside of the
Wikimedia Foundation
* Develop and document a clear set of APIs so that external developers
can create applications that easily interface with MediaWiki
This seems out of date to me. I think that the newly formed Release
Engineering team is responsible for the first and third bullet points.
It also feels like something is
missing here. I really don't see any mention of our team's role in
code review and stewardship of quality for MediaWiki and
responsibility for security and performance considerations.