We figured it out. Aaron had been reading a rule wrong, and I've written Google to ask them to clarify it in the future to prevent future misreadings. :(
So we can get back to the thread topic - watchlist improvements! -Sumana On 05/06/2013 06:33 PM, Brian Wolff wrote: > +1 > > Such a rule would seem rather misguided... > > -bawolff > On 2013-05-06 6:58 PM, "Sumana Harihareswara" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 05/06/2013 05:26 PM, Aaron Pramana wrote: >>> 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. >> >> Aaron, can you point me to that rule? I am nearly certain that you are >> wrong. >> >>> 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> Sumana Harihareswara >> Engineering Community Manager >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
