Hi all,
Here are the minutes from this week's TechCom meeting:
* Announcement: Guidelines established by approved RFC Define criteria for setting explicit PHP support target for MediaWiki < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T228342%3E are available at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Support_policy_for_PHP.
* Last call: Core REST API namespace and version < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232485%3E. This RFC proposes a namespace and version policy for routes in the MediaWiki REST API.
* Discussed: Section header "share" link < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T18691%3E. This RFC aims to make it easier for readers to share links to sections on wiki pages.
* Discussed: New Skin for Desktop Improvements Project https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234907. This RFC discusses the approach for implementing broad UI changes to the desktop interface of Wikimedia projects.
* Discussed: Strategy for PHP interface changes < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193613%3E. This RFC proposes policies and strategies to mitigate problems arising from the need to change PHP interfaces that are implemented by classes defined by extensions. In particular, it proposes a separate policy that defines the stable interface for use by extensions, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Stable_Interface_Policy.
* No IRC meeting next week.
You can also find our meeting minutes at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Committee/Minutes
See also the TechCom RFC board https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-rfcs/.
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Best, - Alex
wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org