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
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