I think, and that's my personal opinion based on my personal feelings and the things written here already: something like "kind of". First of all: you can already propose any feature you want using phabricator. Based on these features, a paid developer or even a volunteer developer will start working on it (or discussing) or not.
I think, that the new platform team will have an eye on the things in phabricator, too, however, I think that they will mainly work on features that benefit the WMF. In addition to the review of patches things: I highly appreciate this and hope that this will heavily decrease the time for a core patch to get a review :) And I think that this can be an opportunity for all of us, volunteers, other companies and third parties and everyone else to get new, well-formed and developed features into MediaWiki. There's no need that all features has to be implemented by a paid WMF Developer. We all can (more or less) easily create a Gerrit Account and propose changes, and there's mostly no reason to prevent a good patch from being merged. So, I think it would be great, if more features and good patches would arrive from outside and then be reviewed by the new platform team (or even volunteers) :) so, don't ask for features, write them yourself! (Don't vote me on that :P) Best, Florian -----Original Message----- Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 21:43:29 +0200 Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Introducing the MediaWiki Platform Team! From: Jasmine Smith <[email protected]> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <[email protected]> Question, will the 'new features' mainly benefit the wider MediaWiki community or the wikimedia foundation? Are site owners able to request features? Jasmine. > On 3 Apr 2017, at 07:16 pm, "Victoria Coleman" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
