I think the Hackathon and IRC (and here) are the best places to discuss about this
If you want to make a feature request the best place is bugzilla you need to mark to severity to "enhancement" but these issues are more general than what people usually report in bugzilla. Another thing: pywikipedia-l isn't a hospitable place? On 7/26/14, Frances Hocutt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm finishing up the evaluation portion of my API client library > internship project. As a part of that, I'm making sure that > feedback/bug reports/feature requests end up where they should be. I > made several suggestions at the end of the pywikibot-core > evaluation,[1] and have been linking bugzilla issues to some of the > criteria. I also left comments on the documentation RFC [2] with the > documentation-related suggestions. > > This leaves a handful of larger-scale/general/structural suggestions for > change: > > * As of 25 July 2014, there are 105 open patches in gerrit. The patch > review process should be streamlined and/or prioritized to reduce the > backlog of unreviewed patches. > > * Iterating over a list and calling the API for each item is an > inefficient use of API calls. Pywikibot could be made more efficient > by combining API calls as much as possible (e.g. using generators and > combining resultstitle=title1|title2|...). One option may be a > constructor method that collects Page requests and enables larger, > less frequent API calls. > > * The initial installation process features a series of obscure > options and confusing installation documentation. Redesign the initial > installation/configuration process to be lighter-weight, soliciting > and valuing feedback from new or one-time users in the redesign > process. Is it necessary to be logged in before `import pywikibot` > will not cause an error? > > * Foster a hospitable attitude on pywikipedia-l, especially to new > and/or inexperienced users. Consider agreeing on community standards > for interaction; the Hacker School social rules[3] may be a useful > starting point. > > Is Bugzilla the best place for these? Would these be useful to discuss > at the pywikibot hackathon at Wikimania? Is there somewhere else these > suggestions ought to go? > > -Frances > > > [1] > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Client_code/Evaluations/Pywikibot#Suggested_TODOs > [2] > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/Documentation_RFC#Suggestions > from pywikibot gold-standard evaluation > [3] https://www.hackerschool.com/manual#sec-environment > > _______________________________________________ > Pywikipedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikipedia-l > -- Amir _______________________________________________ Pywikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikipedia-l
