On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote:

> Unfortunately since the mid-2015 Engineering department reorgs, there is no
> such team...
>

I agree, such a team should be created. I'll be first in line to sign up,
and as part of such a team I'd be happy to help "own" OOjs UI (although I'd
not be comfortable being the lead on owning it).


> If we can't lobby management to (re)create one, we'll have to set up a
> "cross-functional" skunkworks team if we want anything big to get done.
>

IMO a skunkworks team for critical infrastructure would be a sad outcome.


> I would love to be involved, but I'm already stretched thin with
> multimedia-related commitments and probably don't have time to be the main
> point person. But if there's a few others who would like to chip in...
> maybe we can make some decisions and push some code around!
>

Me too, with the API and the AuthManager project. Plus I don't understand
our JS ecosystem well enough to perform the requisite major surgery on OOjs
UI without hand-holding from someone who does know how the packaging should
work.


-- 
Brad Jorsch (Anomie)
Senior Software Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation
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