Hi everyone,
We've been talking about the HTML templating RFC since the Architecture Summit in January. And in the Mobile quarterly review the other day, they said - see https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AMobile_Web_%26_App_Qu... - that they would love a decision soon. So it seems like we ought to figure it out so it can get off the RfC docket. :-)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/HTML_templating_library
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/HTML_templating_library/...
I think this is what's up: Many developers like the work that Matt and Gabriel have been doing on Knockoff, but we're currently lacking all of the pieces necessary to make a final call. Some folks were testing it out and need to report back to the list with their verdicts. In the meantime, some developers (such as the Mobile and Flow teams) have short-term needs that can't wait up for Knockoff to become a complete solution, and so are working out interim standardizations outside of this mailing list so that they can move forward while Knockoff work continues. (Not sure what all of them are.)
Is this about right? Should I be saying Knockoff or Knockout? Can I put the RfC decision meeting on the calendar for next week? :-)
Sumana Harihareswara Senior Technical Writer Wikimedia Foundation