On 04/11/2013 12:00 AM, David Gerard wrote:
On 11 April 2013 00:29, Quim Gil <q...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
As of today this falls in the category of "NO to projects depending on
unconvinced maintainers". In this case the Commons maintainers.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Project_scope/Allowable_file_types
If the Commons community is happy to take this format, fine. But we need to
know before the deadline for accepting projects. Or you need to change your
strategy.
That's just a list of formats that are enabled in the software, that
are free formats. There wasn't a vote on WebM, for example - it was
more like "finally!" when it became technically feasible.
I'm just trying to be consistent: a GSOC project can't force the agenda
of a Wikimedia project.
Also conservative when it comes to manage GSOC students expectations.
These bug reports have been open for years, and I don't want to
guarantee to a GSOC student that they can count on seeing them fixed now.
Bug 20252 - Support for WAV and AIFF by converting files to FLAC
automatically
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20252
Bug 32135 - WAV audio support via TimedMediaHandler
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32135
Then again, a GSOC project can be a catalyst of change if you get a
determined student and a qualified mentor to agree on something and push
the agenda. We have the ingredients here, but sill you need to move fast
to see if this is a missing feature just because, or if the Commons
community has some strong opinion about it.
I'm not the one to be convinced and probably wikitech-l is not the place
to have a decision either. Please continue the discussion in the bug
reports, making sure the Commons community is aware and involved.
--
Quim Gil
Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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