Thank you Nischay. The Product Manager of the MediaWiki Platform team will be responsible for the features the team will work on. Quim's team will also provide support as a place to coordinate the roadmap with the external developer community. Looking forward to working with everyone!
Best regards, Victoria Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 3, 2017, at 1:46 PM, Nischay Nahata <[email protected]> wrote: > > We use MediaWiki for almost everything in our company and it feels great to > hear this news. > > I hope there is process setup for external users of MediaWiki to contribute > ideas and code in a more streamlined manner. > > Regards, > Nischay > > On Apr 2, 2017 8:52 PM, "Victoria Coleman" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I am pleased to share with you the news about the formation of the latest > team in the Technology department, the MediaWiki Platform team![1] > > The MediaWiki Platform team will be tasked with leading maintenance and > improvements related to the core MediaWiki platform codebase. That includes > encouraging future development of the MediaWiki platform and addressing the > technical debt that has accumulated during the 15-year history of MediaWiki. > > MediaWiki is an amazing, powerful, and complex open-source software > platform. The number and variety of extensions, and the wide variety of > communities who have adopted MediaWiki as their method for knowledge > collection and dissemination, are a testament to its strength as a software > platform. > > Like any significant codebase with a long development history, there are > remnants of design choices and experiments that are no longer in use, and > some areas of code are in need of modernization. However, at its core is a > large amount of highly functional, secure, performant code, capable of > supporting a robust platform through the use of extensions and hooks. There > is also a great amount of flexibility to adapt to new requirements. > > This team will have a more focused purpose than the previous MediaWiki Core > team.[2]. While the previous team was at times spread too thin, many areas > are now covered by dedicated teams like Security and Performance. The new > MediaWiki Platform team will center their efforts on the core codebase. The > team will also have a dedicated Product Manager who will be creating the > platform roadmap in collaboration with the team, the Architecture Committee > and the MediaWiki user community. > > Specific goals for this team are to: > > * Assist and encourage development of features for MediaWiki by providing > developers with a strong core. > > * Undertake feature development work which is primarily architectural in > nature. > > * Facilitate the development and publication of MediaWiki's roadmap to > assist coordination between internal and external users. > > * Maintain and promote guidelines and standards for the MediaWiki core. > > I am thrilled that Tim Starling has agreed to lead the team, reporting > directly to me. He will be joined by Brion Vibber, Kunal Mehta and Brad > Jorsch. The team officially launches on Monday April 3, and will complete > the hiring and onboarding of additional team members in the coming months. > Their initial workplan will include core support for multi content > revisions for the Structured Data on Commons project and will be discussed > in more detail during the upcoming consultation for the Wikimedia > Foundation 2017-2018 annual plan. > > I am excited by this latest evolution in the structure of the Foundation's > Engineering group. We will continue to learn from our collective knowledge > and expertise, and make adjustments to our composition and plans. I > appreciate the input provided by many in the community that helped inform > this decision. I also want to thank the members of the Wikimedia > Foundation's Product, Technology, and Community Engagement departments who > were involved in this process. In particular, I would like to thank Toby > Negrin, Adam Baso, and Trevor Parscal - whose support was critical in > bringing this plan together. > > Join me in welcoming and celebrating our new team! > > Victoria > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Platform_team < > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Platform_team> > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_MediaWiki_Core_Team < > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_MediaWiki_Core_Team> > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
