On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:22, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7 September 2011 09:15, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We need to stop wasting time and energy on personal wishes of two >> Board members. As it isn't about removing the content, any solution is >> better than wasting willingness on one nonconstructive and decadent >> project. If that time and energy was spent on rewriting Parser, we >> would have WYSIWYG editor a year or two ago. > > Although I broadly agree with the rest of your message, I disagree > with the Parser bit on the end - basically, the parser rewrite had to > pass muster with someone at Brion or Tim level, as there's not really > anyone else who would be able to say "these bits of syntax are out" > and have it stick; and since I suspect Tim would rather spork his eyes > out than read the words "parser rewrite" ever again, getting Brion in > to work on it was the only way to make it go forward. Developer effort > is not fungible in the face of politics :-)
I had in my mind organizational efforts, mostly. However, I saw that at least one tech employee is against the filter, as well as Tim is in favor. So, they already waste their time. (Said so, I think that important value of WMF is exactly the fact that their employees are able to freely express their positions.) _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
