Thank you, Fabrice.  Is any followup to the earlier RfC planned,
regarding converting mp4-to-ogg on upload?

That seemed like the main unresolved aspect of the discussion.    SJ

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Fabrice Florin <fflorin@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Here are our notes from yesterday's multimedia team meeting, when we planned
> our next development cycles.
>
> We discussed our goals for the next 6-week cycle, as well as for subsequent
> cycles. We agreed to focus on wrapping up feature development and gradually
> releasing Media Viewer v0.2 in April/May, so we can move on to other
> important tasks on our roadmap.
>
> To stay focused on this goal, we decided to devote the next 6-week cycle to
> completing final features for the first pilot release of Media Viewer v0.2
> in the next cycle.
>
> We will then switch our focus to Upload Wizard and Structured Data in the
> subsequent cycle, only fixing Media Viewer bugs as needed. We expect this
> new work to continue to be our main focus through the summer.
>
> To make rapid progress on these important multimedia priorities, we may need

> to push back the next version of Media Viewer 0.3 to later in the year -- or

> only do incremental work on it in the next quarters.
>

> Our current goals for the next few cycles are outlined below -- and you can

> read more on our meeting notepad:
> http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/multimedia-planning-meeting-2014-03-12
>
> We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions about these proposed
> goals. We expect to adjust them periodically, based on this feedback and
> other factors.
>
> Please respond by email for now. You can also post comments about Media
> Viewer on this discussion page:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer
>
> Thanks as always for your constructive feedback, which is invaluable to us!
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Fabrice
> on behalf of the Multimedia team
>
> ____________________________________________
>
> MULTIMEDIA TEAM GOALS - NEXT CYCLES
>
> Here are our proposed goals for the multimedia team's next development
> cycles. (We define a cycle as a 6-week iteration, which includes 6 weekly
> sprints; it can also include one or more product releases).
>
> We will be discussing these goals with community and team members in coming
> days. We expect to adjust them periodically, based on this feedback and
> other factors.
>
> 1. Goals for Current Cycle
> * Current Cycle started February 6, ends March 19  (second half of fiscal
> Q3).
> * Media Viewer v0.2 - Develop key features for pilot release in April
> * Analyze image load metrics, define acceptance criteria
> * Bugs & Technical Debt - Ongoing
> * See Mingle wall of tasks completed this cycle: http://ur1.ca/gtyvh
>
> 2. Goals for Next Cycle
> * Starts March 20, ends April 30 (first half of fiscal Q4).
> * Media Viewer v0.2 - Complete key features and launch tasks for April
> release
> * Release Media Viewer v0.2 in April/May (MW.org > small wikis > large wikis
>> all wikis)
> * Fix Media Viewer v0.2 Bugs (address most urgent community concerns)
> * Upload Wizard - Fix large bugs, collect metrics, unit tests, plan next
> steps
> * Bugs & Technical Debt - Ongoing
> * See Mingle wall: http://ur1.ca/gtvvr
>
> 3. Goals for Subsequent Cycle
> * Starts May 1, ends June 11 (second half of fiscal Q4)
> * Upload Wizard - improve UI design, incremental code refactoring, new
> features
> * Fix Media Viewer v0.2 Bugs (focus on most important community concerns)
> * Structured Data - start planning and first prototypes, with Wikidata and
> community
> * File Notifications - Your file was used
> * See Mingle wall: http://ur1.ca/gtyt3
>
> 4. Goals for 'Next-Subsequent' Cycle
> * Starts June 12, ends July 23 (first half of fiscal Q1)
> * Upload Wizard continued improvements and bug fixes, as needed
> * Structured Data - start implementation on Commons, with Wikidata and
> community
> * Fix Media Viewer v0.2 Bugs (focus on most important issues)
>
> As time allows, we will consider incremental work on these goals throughout
> next year:
> * Media Viewer v0.3 - Develop new features (zoom, A/V support, plugins)
> * File Feedback - Develop positive feedback tool (Thanks, Watch or Favorite)
>
>
> Useful links
>
> * Multimedia Project Hub
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia
>
> * About Media Viewer
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer
>
> * Media Viewer Release Plan
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/Media_Viewer/Release_Plan
>
>
> _______________________________
>
> Fabrice Florin
> Product Manager, Multimedia
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
>
>
>
>

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