Hoi, Basic stuff that does not get done? To me the fact that all Marathi projects are doing the localisation for EVERY of their project is extremely basic. This is something that can be fixed. And if I can help it, I will try to get it fixed in such a way that such situations will not happen in the future. I am not a developer and I am busy as it is doing other things to become one.
It is clear that the Wikimedia Foundation wants to extend the number of developers. If I were doing the hiring I would particularly be interested in people that make sure that the procedures are efficient .. This would make sure that the valuable time of developers is spent as little as possible on these type of things. It would also mean that stupid anomalies as having people to learn developer procedures in order to get their language supported would not exist. It is stupid because supporting projects and their languages well is the second highest priority after the continued service of our infrastructure. When both these things work well, only then there would be room for new functionality.
The next thing to consider is what has priority, the continued unabated rush to get new functions in, or is it wise to stop including such functionality until some of the projects that /are /prioritised by the WMF become a reality. If this means that Brion does not do anything but SUL for a month on new functionality until SUL gets done, it would be in your interest to help him in order to get your stuff in production.
You make a comparison to Microsoft; in many ways MediaWiki is on the other end of the spectrum when it comes to release management. Luckily on both ends of the spectrum great things happen. Both the Windows and the MediaWiki fan-boys have plenty to cheer about. Both have different parts of the puzzle to make for an optimal product and both have problems getting major new inventions integrated.
Thanks, GerardM
Rob Church schreef:
On 23/01/07, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
simple. Some things that are important to me will not happen until AFTER Single User Login. It is all well and good that everyone comes up with
Like what?
basic stuff does not get done. If this drives you mad, fine. Fix the issue - help Brion implement SUL !
Is Wikimedia going to pay me to do it?
The promised date for SUL was end of January 2005. It is now a year late.
Well, thank god we're not operating on the Microsoft release cycle then.
Rob Church