Is WMF planning to outsource any of its engineering activities in the future? Or are there enough projects in the queue that makes the effort reasonable?
Otherwise I believe there is no point for any chapter to build out any software engineering capacity above their local needs or at all. Balázs 2013/7/24 Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:44 AM, David Cuenca <dacu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't agree with Romaine's view that it is a cultural problem, but it > is > > true that the WMF management seems to prefer to have all development > > concentrated in SF. > > Hardly. About half of WMF's engineering staff is distributed (both > inside and outside the US), and we've encouraged and supported > software engineering efforts by chapters. I'd actually love to see > much more of that happen, and see other chapters build engineering > capacity over time. It's legally challenging for WMF to have office > presence in multiple jurisdictions, but having independent orgs like > Wikimedia chapters build out development teams doesn't suffer from > that challenge. > > We're an open source project; being able to decentralize effort is our > strength. The caveat I would add is that you actually need to ensure > that complex projects are resourced sufficiently. Wikidata is a > success in part because it's a well-resourced, well-managed team, and > the partnership in areas where WMF does need to help was carefully > negotiated. > > So, which other chapters are up for building out serious software > engineering capacity? > > Erik > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
