On 2015-01-15 11:41 PM, Rob Lanphier wrote: > On the leadership front, let me throw out a hypothetical: should we >>> have MediaWiki 2.0, where we start with an empty repository and build >>> up? If so, who makes that decision? If not, what is our alternative >>> vision? Who is going to define it? Is what we have good enough? >>> >> Sorry to labour the point, but the way to go about this at present is >> pretty straightforward, and it doesn't involve the architecture committee. >> You just convince the management (Damon, Erik, etc.) that it is a good >> thing to do, get yourself appointed head of the "MediaWiki 2.0" team, hire >> a bunch of people who agree with your outlook, get existing engineers >> transferred to your team. It's not even hypothetical, we've seen this >> pattern in practice. > > All it would take is for you to muse out loud on this list "hey, what is up > with 'MediaWiki 2.0'?" (or whatever it is), and we could have a productive > conversation about that. If the argument for its potentially misguided > nature is made with respect and kindness, it will be welcomed. Any such discussion should probably start with this: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_2.0
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