În 21 martie 2017 20:24:49 EET, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org a scris:
On 21 March 2017 at 18:02, Strainu strainu10@gmail.com wrote:
2017-03-21 18:17 GMT+02:00 Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org:
On 21 March 2017 at 14:34, Gerard Meijssen
wrote:
Technical considerations are imho less relevant. What trumps it is functionality.
Technical considerations are very relevant if one is doing
something
technical, for example developing an iOS app or a maps tile
service.
I wholeheartedly disagree. OSS projects often forget that the
customer
should come first, mostly because of lack of funding. But since WMF's software development is a secondary activity (and a very well funded one IMO), it should not make the same mistake. Spreading free knowledge must come first, technical considerations second.
Please do not twist my words.
I don't see how is that twisting your words. Gerard said that technical considerations should be secondary to functionality and you implied that was not possible without explaining why.
I said technical considerations are relevant, not that customer needs do not come first. If something is incredibly difficult to do, that is factored in to prioritisation, alongside the size of the audience and expected impact. That is very basic product management.
The wording in the wiki page does not suggest an "incredibly difficult" technological issue, but more of a political issue (WMF's mapping efforts are in maintenance) and the possibility of minor extra costs for the users (with the possibility of improvement over Apple maps clearly listed). That makes this list the best place to discuss such issues due to the large and diverse audience.
Strainu
Sadly, as is typical with this mailing list, we've now delved into a world of hypotheticals, idealisms, and misrepresentations. It would not be a productive use of time (and, indeed, donor money) for me to participate further in this thread.
Dan
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