On 8/28/20 6:19 AM, Daniel Kinzler wrote:
In an effort to encourage wider and less formal
participation through Wikitech-l
(and to make our process more asynchronous) we'll also write to Wikitech-l as
part of the board triage going forward.
Thank you! :)
== RFC: New API for Parsoid extensions ==
*
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T260714
* Daniel: Should it go on last call?
* Tim: no urgency to closing this. The review they’re asking for hasn’t been
done yet.
* Timo: They’ve done a fair bit of research and outreach offline prior to the
RFC. They’re looking for explicit approval from would-be users of their new
API for parser extensions. Once that completes, they should ask for Last Call.
As per the phab ticket, I / we are looking for: "Get explicit approval
of the core design of Parsoid's Extension API from TechCom." <--- note
that is not from users, but TechCom. But, if TechCom feels that it can /
should be user (extension-developer) feedback based on usage / adoption,
that is fine. But, I just wanted to clarify this so there is no
misunderstanding around it. So, as far as we are concerned, if TechCom
is happy with it, it can go to Last Call. It doesn't mean all the
specific details are set in stone, but just that we the design decisions
and direction are established.
FWIW, some of the folks who watched the Tech Talk on Aug 12 [1] had
positive feedback about the API, but that is anecdotal and we don't have
a mechanism in place to ask for explicit approval from extension authors
and don't think that is necessary either. Some amount of disruption is
expected and some extensions will probably be more impacted than others,
but overall, we think this is a good step forward in the longer term
direction along which we are nudging wikitext.
Subbu.
1.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Talks#Episode_6:_Retarge…