On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Stephen Gilbert wrote:
I don't see how anyone can say that performance issues are being ignored. Jimbo bought a new server specifically for Wikipedia. Mr. Crocker re-designed the PHP script from the ground up, and Neil has been running different kinds of bots on the news server/software to test it under stressful conditions.
The performance problem is a very serious issue, an emergency. I don't know if it's been done already, but the front page should have a prominent notice about what the problem is, and what's being done about it.
Has this been done already? The performance problem prevents me from actually checking... :)
Anyway, such a notice would put a lot of contributers at ease I expect. That _something is being done_ is a very good feeling, almost as good as having it work.
-- Daniel