I think, and that's my personal opinion based on my personal feelings
and the things written here already: something like "kind of". First of
all: you can already propose any feature you want using phabricator.
Based on these features, a paid developer or even a volunteer developer
will start working on it (or discussing) or not.
I think, that the new platform team will have an eye on the things in
phabricator, too, however, I think that they will mainly work on
features that benefit the WMF.
In addition to the review of patches things: I highly appreciate this
and hope that this will heavily decrease the time for a core patch to
get a review :) And I think that this can be an opportunity for all of
us, volunteers, other companies and third parties and everyone else to
get new, well-formed and developed features into MediaWiki. There's no
need that all features has to be implemented by a paid WMF Developer. We
all can (more or less) easily create a Gerrit Account and propose
changes, and there's mostly no reason to prevent a good patch from being
merged. So, I think it would be great, if more features and good patches
would arrive from outside and then be reviewed by the new platform team
(or even volunteers) :) so, don't ask for features, write them yourself!
(Don't vote me on that :P)
Best,
Florian
-----Original Message-----
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 21:43:29 +0200
Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Introducing the MediaWiki Platform Team!
From: Jasmine Smith <jassmith55(a)outlook.com>
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
<mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Question, will the 'new features' mainly benefit the wider MediaWiki
community or the wikimedia foundation?
Are site owners able to request features?
Jasmine.
On 3 Apr 2017, at 07:16 pm, "Victoria
Coleman"
<vcoleman(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Thank you Nischay. The Product Manager of the MediaWiki Platform team
will be
responsible for the features the team will work on. Quim's team
will also provide support as a place to coordinate the roadmap with the
external developer community. Looking forward to working with everyone!
Best regards,
Victoria
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 3, 2017, at 1:46 PM, Nischay Nahata <nischayn22(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> We use MediaWiki for almost everything in our company and it feels
great to
> hear this news.
>
> I hope there is process setup for external users of MediaWiki to
contribute
> ideas and code in a more streamlined manner.
>
> Regards,
> Nischay
>
> On Apr 2, 2017 8:52 PM, "Victoria Coleman" <vcoleman(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am pleased to share with you the news about the formation of the
latest
> team in the Technology department, the MediaWiki
Platform team![1]
>
> The MediaWiki Platform team will be tasked with leading maintenance
and
> improvements related to the core MediaWiki
platform codebase. That
includes
> encouraging future development of the MediaWiki
platform and
addressing the
> technical debt that has accumulated during the
15-year history of
MediaWiki.
>
> MediaWiki is an amazing, powerful, and complex open-source software
> platform. The number and variety of extensions, and the wide variety
of
> communities who have adopted MediaWiki as their
method for knowledge
> collection and dissemination, are a testament to its strength as a
software
> platform.
>
> Like any significant codebase with a long development history, there
are
> remnants of design choices and experiments that
are no longer in use,
and
> some areas of code are in need of modernization.
However, at its core
is a
> large amount of highly functional, secure,
performant code, capable
of
> supporting a robust platform through the use of
extensions and hooks.
There
> is also a great amount of flexibility to adapt to
new requirements.
>
> This team will have a more focused purpose than the previous
MediaWiki Core
> team.[2]. While the previous team was at times
spread too thin, many
areas
> are now covered by dedicated teams like Security
and Performance. The
new
> MediaWiki Platform team will center their efforts
on the core
codebase. The
> team will also have a dedicated Product Manager
who will be creating
the
> platform roadmap in collaboration with the team,
the Architecture
Committee
> and the MediaWiki user community.
>
> Specific goals for this team are to:
>
> * Assist and encourage development of features for MediaWiki by
providing
> developers with a strong core.
>
> * Undertake feature development work which is primarily architectural
in
> nature.
>
> * Facilitate the development and publication of MediaWiki's roadmap
to
> assist coordination between internal and external
users.
>
> * Maintain and promote guidelines and standards for the MediaWiki
core.
>
> I am thrilled that Tim Starling has agreed to lead the team,
reporting
> directly to me. He will be joined by Brion Vibber,
Kunal Mehta and
Brad
> Jorsch. The team officially launches on Monday
April 3, and will
complete
> the hiring and onboarding of additional team
members in the coming
months.
> Their initial workplan will include core support
for multi content
> revisions for the Structured Data on Commons project and will be
discussed
> in more detail during the upcoming consultation
for the Wikimedia
> Foundation 2017-2018 annual plan.
>
> I am excited by this latest evolution in the structure of the
Foundation's
> Engineering group. We will continue to learn from
our collective
knowledge
> and expertise, and make adjustments to our
composition and plans. I
> appreciate the input provided by many in the community that helped
inform
> this decision. I also want to thank the members of
the Wikimedia
> Foundation's Product, Technology, and Community Engagement
departments who
> were involved in this process. In particular, I
would like to thank
Toby
Negrin, Adam
Baso, and Trevor Parscal - whose support was critical in
bringing this plan together.
Join me in welcoming and celebrating our new team!
Victoria
[1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Platform_team <
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Platform_team>
[2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_MediaWiki_Core_Team <
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_MediaWiki_Core_Team>
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