I think it should be pulled.
> On Sep 8, 2014, at 7:10 PM, Dan Garry <dga...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> On 6 September 2014 15:40, Derk-Jan Hartman <d.j.hartman+wmf...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> I propose we remove the Wikimedia Commons app from the store. >> Clearly there is no time available to work on it, there is no one >> maintaining it or following up on the problems that have been reported since >> 2013. > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > Practically speaking, maintaining this app would mean cannibalising resources > currently devoted to the Wikipedia app. Brion and Yuvi are the engineers with > the most experience in the Commons app. They're currently split a few > different ways (Brion with his duties as an architect, Yuvi with duties to > ops) and I'm not eager to split them even further. > > Some framing on userbases: The Commons Android app is installed on around > 7,000 devices, compared to the 10 million devices with the Wikipedia app > installed on it. The Commons app gets around 300 users per month, and there > are more edits than that from the Wikipedia app per day to the English > Wikipedia alone. The Commons app user base is minuscule compared to the > Wikipedia app. > > Remember that sunsetting the app and removing it from the store would not > uninstall it from the devices it's currently installed on, so those people > using it would be able to do so. Also, the code would continue to be > available, so if someone wanted to clean it up as a volunteer we could then > re-publish it easily enough. > > So, in summary, I agree with DJ. > > Thoughts, team? > > Dan > > -- > Dan Garry > Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
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