On 14/04/07, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
There was a broad consensus, I believe, that rewriting MediaWiki in a "top down" manner is not a realistic approach to realizing these improvements. Rather, the continuous integration of gradual improvements that are developed in a decentral ecosystem seems like the way to go.
I was under the impression that all the core developers of MediaWiki have held this broad opinion for some time.
Rob Church