2012/6/8 Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com>om>:
The issues I point out with the IPv6 transition are
social issues. Nobody
expects Engineering to go all touchy-feely. But we do expect to be treated
with respect. Next time, give us a month or two of warning. And please
don't insult people by pretending this was a spur of the moment decision:
the more I read, the more clear it is that for months IPv6 Day was the
target for bringing this online.
Hi,
First of all, let me clear up any possible misunderstanding: I am not
affiliated with the Engineering team other than being a programmer
myself and having an insight on how cool, but non-core ideas (such as
IPv6 for the WMF) are pushed in such an environment. I also agree that
the WMF has more than once ignored the communities.
But from the same discussions that you read, my impression is that,
while it was clear since 11/6/6 for everybody that the best moment for
deployment was 12/6/6, the actual testing and bugfixing began very
close to the due date. This is why I said the decision was taken in
the last minute. I also don't agree with your implication that there
is much mess to be picked-up after the IPv6 rollup, nor with your
suggested solution - the checkuser distribution list is much too
limited for the implications of this deployment.
Ryan has sent his email while I was composing mine so I might be
repeating some of the stuff he said, but he made a decent
justification of why this was a last-minute decision.
All the best to you too,
Strainu