Hoi,
Basic stuff that does not get done? To me the fact that all Marathi
projects are doing the localisation for EVERY of their project is
extremely basic. This is something that can be fixed. And if I can help
it, I will try to get it fixed in such a way that such situations will
not happen in the future. I am not a developer and I am busy as it is
doing other things to become one.
It is clear that the Wikimedia Foundation wants to extend the number of
developers. If I were doing the hiring I would particularly be
interested in people that make sure that the procedures are efficient ..
This would make sure that the valuable time of developers is spent as
little as possible on these type of things. It would also mean that
stupid anomalies as having people to learn developer procedures in order
to get their language supported would not exist. It is stupid because
supporting projects and their languages well is the second highest
priority after the continued service of our infrastructure. When both
these things work well, only then there would be room for new
functionality.
The next thing to consider is what has priority, the continued unabated
rush to get new functions in, or is it wise to stop including such
functionality until some of the projects that /are /prioritised by the
WMF become a reality. If this means that Brion does not do anything but
SUL for a month on new functionality until SUL gets done, it would be in
your interest to help him in order to get your stuff in production.
You make a comparison to Microsoft; in many ways MediaWiki is on the
other end of the spectrum when it comes to release management. Luckily
on both ends of the spectrum great things happen. Both the Windows and
the MediaWiki fan-boys have plenty to cheer about. Both have different
parts of the puzzle to make for an optimal product and both have
problems getting major new inventions integrated.
Thanks,
GerardM
Rob Church schreef:
On 23/01/07, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
simple. Some things that are important to me will
not happen until AFTER
Single User Login. It is all well and good that everyone comes up with
Like what?
basic stuff does not get done. If this drives you
mad, fine. Fix the
issue - help Brion implement SUL !
Is Wikimedia going to pay me to do it?
The promised date for SUL was end of January
2005. It is now a year late.
Well, thank god we're not operating on the Microsoft release cycle then.
Rob Church