[Wikimedia-l] Update on IPv6

[Risker]

I've got about 18 months worth of Wikitech-L in my archives, and there are
two threads that talk about IPv6; one from March, that didn't provide a lot
of information, and this one. There may be others, but they're not popping
up on my search.

Forgive me for failing to read this week's signpost from cover to cover
yet; it refers to the previous coverage from June 2011, and quotes Erik
Moeller from some unknown and unspecified source.  I don't know where he
told "the community" that. Do you?

Risker

On 1 June 2012 20:10, John <phoenixoverride at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow Risker, you obviously don't read any mailing lists/ blogs or sign
> posts. I just did a quick search of my email records for wiki tech and ipv6
> the first result that I see is from July 2007. Almost 5 years ago, I also
> remember a big push last year about this same time for ipv6.
>
> On Friday, June 1, 2012, Risker wrote:
>
> > Indeed, a long time. Discussed on Mediawiki and bugzilla; it's not even
> > discussed on Wikitech-L.  Neither of which 99.99999% of users, including
> > many volunteer developers, have time to follow.  This is not just a
> > technical change, it's a cultural one.
> >
> > I've long stood up for the Engineering Department when it is making
> changes
> > that have only minor effects on the public face of the project; I know
> that
> > sometimes users can be hyperactive about minor points.  But this isn't a
> > minor point.  I'd compare it to Vector - something that there was
> longterm,
> > active communication about throughout its development cycle, with lots of
> > outreach to volunteer developers and to the community, and opportunities
> to
> > test things out.
> >
> > I can't stand up for them this time, though. It's not even discussed well
> > on Mediawiki, and is mostly in passing on the Roadmap.[1]  And the few
> > community-based questions that have come up, specifically on Erik's meta
> > userpage, have not been given the courtesy of a reply.
> >
> > Risker
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Roadmap
> >
> > On 1 June 2012 19:35, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 2 June 2012 00:08, Risker <risker.wp at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Fully enabling IPv6 has been coming a *long* time - over a year, with
> > > months of planning and work before even that - as Erik's first message
> > > in this thread notes, and it was hardly a secret. Your objections may
> > > be entirely too late - it is vanishingly unlikely that two years'
> > > effort will suddenly be thrown away. Were you literally unaware until
> > > now that this was in the works?
> > >
> > >
> > > - d.
> > >
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