Στις 23-02-2009, ημέρα Δευ, και ώρα 19:02 +0000, ο/η Thomas Dalton έγραψε:
2009/2/23 Ariel T. Glenn ariel@wikimedia.org:
The reason these dumps are not rewritten more efficiently is that this job was handed to me (at my request) and I have not been able to get to it, even though it is the first thing on my list for development work. So, if there are going to be rants, they can be directed at me, not at the whole team.
The work was started already by a volunteer. As I am the blocking factor, someone else should probably take it on and get it done, though it will make me sad. Brion discussed this with me about a week and a half ago and I still wanted to keep it then but it doesn't make sense. The in-office needs that I am also responsible for take virtually all of my time. Perhaps they shouldn't, but that is how it has worked out.
In that case, it seems the mistake was assigning what should have been a top-priority task to someone that couldn't actually make it their top priority due to other commitments. If someone is unable to guarantee that they'll have time to do something, they shouldn't be assigned something so time critical.
I asked for it, and that's why it was assigned to me. I should have recognized much sooner that I could not actually get it done and should have brought this to Brion's attention instead of continuing to hang on to it after he brought it to my attention.
Ariel