Aryeh Gregor wrote:
Implying that particular groups of developers aim to suppress particular technical opinions, without naming the developers or giving any supporting evidence, is definitely trolling.
You think calling specific individuals out ("getting personal") would _improve_ matters? Interesting. Saying "thanks for your input" seems like a pretty clear example of developers trying to suppress (or dismiss, rather) particular technical opinions. I included a link to the relevant comments in the follow-up e-mail.
This post would have been much improved if the second sentence were deleted, and your follow-up post could have done without language such as "artificial", "hasty", "appears to have no basis in reality" when speaking about a developer's actions.
Quite a few people are under the impression that MediaWiki 1.17 will be released in October or November of this year. I've seen nothing publicly that supports this, so until then, I'll treat it as dubious. I think it's reasonable to do so. I asked in the follow-up e-mail if I was simply missing an announcement somewhere about an updated roadmap or deadline, which is entirely possible.
MZMcBride