On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Greg Grossmeier <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Bryan Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It also feels like something is >>> missing here. I really don't see any mention of our team's role in >>> code review and stewardship of quality for MediaWiki and >>> responsibility for security and performance considerations. >>> >> >> +1, although that may fall under the extremely broad "Ensure that >> MediaWiki core is meeting the evolving needs of the website". >> > > That's the problem with "responsibilities" instead of a "mission". One > changes/evolves much more quickly than the other. I see responsibilities as > the "how" and the mission as the "why"-ish. > > Why does Core Team do all of this (disconnected at times) work? Because > (partially from what Chris quoted): > "[S]tability, security, performance and architectural cleanliness of the > system" is important and this is the (only) team that can lead the work. > > That makes sense for a lot of what we work on. Except Bryan - a good chunk of what he's had to work on has just been because someone had to do it and he's smart. Its not critical for "the system" (presumably mediawiki and everything in its orbit in production). Its critical for the foundation though. Nik
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