On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Chris Steipp <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sep 19, 2015 11:15 AM, "bawolff" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > maintain is an ambiguous word. WMF has some responsibility to all the > > extensions deployed on cluster (imo). If Devunt (and any others who > > were knowledgeable of the Josa extension) disappeared, WMF would > > default to becoming responsible for the security and critical issues > > in the extension (However, I wouldn't hold them responsible for > > feature requests or minor bugs). > > > > LDAP is used on wikitech, and some similar services. It would be nice > > if teams that most directly interact with the extension (I suppose > > that's labs, maybe security) help with maintenance [Maybe they already > > do]. I don't necessarily think they have a responsibility to (beyond > > critical issues, security, etc), but if the teams in question aren't > > too busy, it is always nice to give back to projects that we use. > > Ideally the security team would take on this extension. Unfortunately we > just don't have the capacity to address anything except significant > security issues right now. > > For the most part, this is likely all that's needed. Security updates and compatibility with MediaWiki. I know someone is working on an auth framework update, so I'm sure there'll be some changes necessary for that too. - Ryan _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
