Hi all!
Here are the minutes from this week's ArchCom meeting. You can also find the
minutes at <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_committee/2017-03-01>.
See also the ArchCom status page at
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_committee/Status> and the RFC board
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-rfcs/>.
Here are the minutes, for your convenience:
APPROVED:
* [[phab:T122942]] (Support language variants in the REST API): Will use
Accept-Language headers.
Active RFCs:
* [[phab:T66214]]: Define an official thumb API: Description updated to reflect
the latest discussion.
* [[phab:T155813]]: Decide on storage and delivery method for TemplateStyles CSS
Next Week on IRC:
* Next week’s IRC meeting: Another round of Brion’s “fix the revision table”,
see [[mw:User:Brion_VIBBER/Compacting_the_revision_table_round_2]]
Further news:
* New hot topic: Progressive Web Apps. Watch for a public ArchCom session on
this topic soon. Ties in with discussion regarding JS frameworks in the Frontend
Standardization Group.
* Tim is thinking about automating wiki creation, see [[phab:T158730]]
* Release Engineering wants to get rid of LocalizationUpdate, see [[phab:T158360]]
* The new MediaWiki team is up and running, with Tim Starling in the lead. There
is a job opening for Product Manager for MediaWiki, see
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/613548?gh_src=1u385n1
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Daniel Kinzler
Principal Platform Engineer
Wikimedia Deutschland
Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.