Anthony DiPierro (anthonydipierro@hotmail.com) [050806 08:35]:
The way I read this, there would be a stable version and a current version, much like the linux kernel or just about any large bit of source code. If that's what he meant, it sounds like a good idea. Of course, it worries me if this quote is accurate, because it makes it sound like he plans on imposing this idea upon the community. We all know how long it takes to implement something this major by any means other than edict.
Something like the plan in [[User:David Gerard/1.0]] would use an article rating system (picture a "Rate this page" tab at the top next to "Article", "Edit", etc.) to get a rough idea of what is of decent quality to pull for a distribution. Any branching and polishing would be left as late as possible. Think of the Mozilla process, where the alpha, beta and final are branched from the nightlies, slightly polished for a few days (or weeks) and then released. This would provide minimal disruption of and diversion of resources from the live Wikipedia.
- d.