On 10/01/07, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
Well, Brion has been the release manager for MediaWiki for years. Since he's on the payroll of WMF, I don't think we're assuming any _new_ responsibilities, but merely clarifying existing responsibilities. And I definitely do agree that the WMF should do a better job at soliciting and coordinating external contributions to MW, but this, like many other things the WMF _should_ be doing, is greatly limited by our ability to spend money on doing so.
OK - what does officially putting MediaWiki under the umbrella of the WMF do for MediaWiki that is an improvement on the present situation? List with + and -.
- d.