On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 4:58 PM, Max Semenik <[email protected]> wrote:
> security holes. At least we will be able to convert to Hack eventually. > This is a very clean-cut case of vendor lock-in though, and if Facebook > decides to switch their code base to something shinier, we'll be deep in > trouble. > I actually predicted this and wrote up my suggestions here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit/2018/Writing_Tips/Examples#Example_of_a_.22medium_level.22_position_statement I will *not* be making this my position statement at the dev summit -- only one per person, so many positions to take, this one didn't make the cut! -- but I would like to strongly encourage someone to submit a position statement relating to this issue (could be any of max's three positions) to the dev summit. I think it is an important issue for our foundation and community to discuss; certainly very relevant to the next 15 years of the project. --scott _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
