Brian Wolff <bawolff <at> gmail.com> writes: > > On 2013-05-06 1:31 PM, "Quim Gil" <qgil <at> wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > On 05/06/2013 05:41 AM, Guillaume Paumier wrote: > >> > >> A few people have started to organize the various bug reports about > >> watchlists, but there is still much to do before we have a clear & > >> prioritized vision of what the watchlist feature should become. > > > > > > fwiw I had already suggested a Bug Day focusing on the Watchlist feature. > If this is considered useful Andre could schedule it whenever appropriate. > > > > > >> Therefore, if a few developers could declare their interest in > >> tackling the watchlist issue in the foreseeable future, it would help > >> arouse interest and enthusiasm from users, and motivate them to > >> organize user research in order to design a better watchlist feature. > >> > >> I don't think we need a formal pledge or commitment; a simple > >> declaration of interest would imho be enough to get started. The > >> specifics can be ironed out later. > > > > > > Sounds like an entry to > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Raw_proj ectsmight > help as soon as there is a broad idea of what needs to be done. > > What happened to last years gsoc project in this area? Are there people > working on getting it merged? > > -bawolff > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l <at> lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Hi Folks, Last year, I worked on making improvements to the watchlist feature as my project for GSoC. The changes I made are still available as an unmerged change in Gerrit. [1] I'm glad to see that the project is starting to gain momentum. A major limitation of my efforts last year was that, under GSoC rules, I was the only developer who was allowed to code for the project. Now that other developers are looking to work on the project, I think that a project of this size has a much better chance of succeeding. Watchlist improvements as a project is extremely susceptible to feature creep, and unless there is a well-defined plan from the start, it risks getting shelved entirely. A blog of my progress last summer is available for ideas. [2] I'd recommend fixing feature request bugs as a large coordinated overhaul of the watchlist, rather than a piecemeal approach that may result in duplicative code or work that gets scrapped soon after it is finished. I may be unavailable intermittently for the next 6 weeks, but I should be able to help out from the middle of June until early September. -Aaron [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/16419/ [2] http://mw-watchlist.tumblr.com/ _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
