2012/6/8 Risker risker.wp@gmail.com:
The issues I point out with the IPv6 transition are social issues. Nobody expects Engineering to go all touchy-feely. But we do expect to be treated with respect. Next time, give us a month or two of warning. And please don't insult people by pretending this was a spur of the moment decision: the more I read, the more clear it is that for months IPv6 Day was the target for bringing this online.
Hi, First of all, let me clear up any possible misunderstanding: I am not affiliated with the Engineering team other than being a programmer myself and having an insight on how cool, but non-core ideas (such as IPv6 for the WMF) are pushed in such an environment. I also agree that the WMF has more than once ignored the communities.
But from the same discussions that you read, my impression is that, while it was clear since 11/6/6 for everybody that the best moment for deployment was 12/6/6, the actual testing and bugfixing began very close to the due date. This is why I said the decision was taken in the last minute. I also don't agree with your implication that there is much mess to be picked-up after the IPv6 rollup, nor with your suggested solution - the checkuser distribution list is much too limited for the implications of this deployment.
Ryan has sent his email while I was composing mine so I might be repeating some of the stuff he said, but he made a decent justification of why this was a last-minute decision.
All the best to you too, Strainu