Do we have a published guideline somewhere about MediaWiki quality standards for pre-alpha, alpha, beta, and production releases of elements like MediaViewer, VisualEditor, Flow, Winter, and HHVM?
Pine On Sep 20, 2014 12:14 AM, "Jon Work" <jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > :} I am always impressed by those of you for whom English is not your > native tongue. It can be very complicated to understand some of the > shortcuts we use. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On 20 Sep 2014, at 02:22, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > > > > Anders Wennersten wrote: > >> I also did soma very subjective test on response times and found the new > >> feature to give 1-3 s quicker response, which is quite much (6s-5s, > >> 7s-4s) and make a big difference in the user experience. > > > > Woo! :D > > > >> Also after reflecting on my little harsh reaction on the deployment > >> process, I wonder if it is not a language/communication issue > >> > >> Being a non-native English speaking person I must admit I have no idea > >> of the meaning "intrepid" means in "for intrepid beta testers". It > >> seems for Guillaume it means "hey this is badly tested, but use if you > >> have patience/courage" which I can accept as a message of a testrelease > >> > >> Also in my backgroud working in a company making internal deployment of > >> software for 4000 internal users, I am used of making a huge difference > >> in "ready for Alpha test" and "ready for Beta test", but perhaps my > >> reference frame is inappropriate in this case, where perhaps a beta > >> functionality means "Software for testing, not ready for release" and > >> covering both my distinctions > >> > >> So I apologize if I used too strong wordings and instead want to > >> congratulate you on releasing a good function where you so speedily > >> fixed the bug! > > > > No worries. Thank you for taking the time to write up this message > > explaining. I think there are definitely ways in which we can improve our > > communication about beta (or alpha!) features, including attempting to > > label them appropriately and making sure the message is suitably clear. > > Your constructive feedback will help us do better in the future. > > > > MZMcBride > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
