Excerpt from the blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/27/request-for-proposals-mediawiki-releas...
-- Last year, the Wikimedia Foundation started to share the responsibility[0] of the long term management of the MediaWiki software project with the wider community. We are continuing the process with a second Request for Proposals[1] to manage the third-party releases of MediaWiki (PDF[2]).
The process for this RFP is a community-involved one. There is a three-week period for organizations to prepare and submit their proposals, after which the community can comment on and ask questions of the proposers. The Wikimedia Foundation will take all of this feedback into account when making the final decision for who will lead the release management of MediaWiki for the next year.
The deadline for proposals is June 13.
Please do get involved if you are interested in the future of MediaWiki!
Greg
[0] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/21/request-for-proposals-mediawiki-releas... [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_Management_RFP [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki_Release_Request_For_Propos...
Reminder!
The deadline for RFP submissions is tomorrow June 13th (no timezone given, so assume midnight in UTC-12).
Let me know if you have any last minute questions!
Greg
<quote name="Greg Grossmeier" date="2014-05-27" time="11:13:30 -0700">
Excerpt from the blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/27/request-for-proposals-mediawiki-releas...
-- Last year, the Wikimedia Foundation started to share the responsibility[0] of the long term management of the MediaWiki software project with the wider community. We are continuing the process with a second Request for Proposals[1] to manage the third-party releases of MediaWiki (PDF[2]).
The process for this RFP is a community-involved one. There is a three-week period for organizations to prepare and submit their proposals, after which the community can comment on and ask questions of the proposers. The Wikimedia Foundation will take all of this feedback into account when making the final decision for who will lead the release management of MediaWiki for the next year.
The deadline for proposals is June 13.
Please do get involved if you are interested in the future of MediaWiki!
Greg
[0] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/21/request-for-proposals-mediawiki-releas... [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_Management_RFP [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki_Release_Request_For_Propos...
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So submissions are supposed to be public right? Currently there are 0 public submissions. Is there a backup plan if there are no proposals?
--bawolff
On Jun 12, 2014 3:48 PM, "Greg Grossmeier" greg@wikimedia.org wrote:
Reminder!
The deadline for RFP submissions is tomorrow June 13th (no timezone given, so assume midnight in UTC-12).
Let me know if you have any last minute questions!
Greg
<quote name="Greg Grossmeier" date="2014-05-27" time="11:13:30 -0700"> > Excerpt from the blog post: >
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/27/request-for-proposals-mediawiki-releas...
-- Last year, the Wikimedia Foundation started to share the responsibility[0] of the long term management of the MediaWiki software project with the wider community. We are continuing the process with a second Request for Proposals[1] to manage the third-party releases of MediaWiki (PDF[2]).
The process for this RFP is a community-involved one. There is a three-week period for organizations to prepare and submit their proposals, after which the community can comment on and ask questions of the proposers. The Wikimedia Foundation will take all of this feedback into account when making the final decision for who will lead the release management of MediaWiki for the next year.
The deadline for proposals is June 13.
Please do get involved if you are interested in the future of MediaWiki!
Greg
[0]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/21/request-for-proposals-mediawiki-releas...
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_Management_RFP [2]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki_Release_Request_For_Propos...
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<quote name="Brian Wolff" date="2014-06-12" time="18:03:37 -0300">
So submissions are supposed to be public right? Currently there are 0 public submissions. Is there a backup plan if there are no proposals?
Yes and let's not speak of it ;)
On 5/27/14, 11:13 AM, Greg Grossmeier wrote:
The deadline for proposals is June 13.
I only noticed this now, but [2] says there will be a "!vote" that ends on June 15th. Is there a reason why there's only 2 days between the proposal deadline and the voting closing?
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki_Release_Request_For_Propos...
-- Legoktm
<quote name="Legoktm" date="2014-06-13" time="01:58:47 -0700">
On 5/27/14, 11:13 AM, Greg Grossmeier wrote:
The deadline for proposals is June 13.
I only noticed this now, but [2] says there will be a "!vote" that ends on June 15th. Is there a reason why there's only 2 days between the proposal deadline and the voting closing?
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki_Release_Request_For_Propos...
bah! bad copy-editing on my part. That's the date from last year (I re-used the old pdf, thought I edited everything correctly).
The right dates are on the wiki page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_Management_RFP
May 27th - RFP Official Public Announcement / Start of submissions June 13th - Deadline for proposals / community feedback period officially begins Week of June 16th - IRC Office Hours with the applicants June 27th - End of Community Feedback period June 27th - Announce winner of RFP
Thanks!
Out of curiosity, will the proposals be reviewed by GAC?
Pine
On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Greg Grossmeier greg@wikimedia.org wrote:
<quote name="Legoktm" date="2014-06-13" time="01:58:47 -0700"> > On 5/27/14, 11:13 AM, Greg Grossmeier wrote: > > The deadline for proposals is June 13. > > I only noticed this now, but [2] says there will be a "!vote" that ends > on June 15th. Is there a reason why there's only 2 days between the > proposal deadline and the voting closing? > > > [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki_Release_Request_For_Proposals_2014.pdf
bah! bad copy-editing on my part. That's the date from last year (I re-used the old pdf, thought I edited everything correctly).
The right dates are on the wiki page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_Management_RFP
May 27th - RFP Official Public Announcement / Start of submissions June 13th - Deadline for proposals / community feedback period officially begins Week of June 16th - IRC Office Hours with the applicants June 27th - End of Community Feedback period June 27th - Announce winner of RFP
Thanks!
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On Jun 14, 2014 3:48 AM, "Pine W" wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Out of curiosity, will the proposals be reviewed by GAC?
I doubt it. There's no grant here.
This is a contract initiated by WMF not a grant initiated by a potential grantee.
cf. https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Category:Requests_for_Proposals has that stopped getting up updates?
-Jeremy
<quote name="Jeremy Baron" date="2014-06-14" time="14:37:05 +0000">
On Jun 14, 2014 3:48 AM, "Pine W" wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Out of curiosity, will the proposals be reviewed by GAC?
I doubt it. There's no grant here.
This is a contract initiated by WMF not a grant initiated by a potential grantee.
Right.
cf. https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Category:Requests_for_Proposals has that stopped getting up updates?
Didn't know of it. I'll take a look at integrating.
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