On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 12 August 2014 02:39, svetlana svetlana@fastmail.com.au wrote:
There needs to be a central place, like the Wikimedia blog, but dedicated to tech things - actively announcing everything WM ENGINEERING are doing, both in products and in core.
There is. It's called the monthly report. See here for July's for example: * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/Report/2014/July https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/Report/2014/July*
Lack of information is not the problem, most of the times. In addition to the WMF Engineering monthly reports, tech-curious wikimedians have:
* Tech News, shipped on a weekly basis, to the point, and not limited to WMF-driven projects. A great team of volunteers lead by Odder and Guillaume work persistently to fix this communication gap. Everybody: please subscribe and help promoting this great resource. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech_News
* WMF Engineering short & mid term goals. Follow the links for status reports, project plans, and direct feedback to the teams involved. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2014-15_Goals
These resources are far from perfect, but they exist today. Ideas and help to improve them are welcome.