Rob, MZMcBride and All, And what's a shepherd in relation to the facilitator of any specific committee (if this is relevant)?
Can someone please circulate a summary of RUST decision-making again? (Is this relevant - https://oqi.wisc.edu/resourcelibrary/uploads/resources/Project_Prioritization_Guide_v_1.pdf ?) Thank you, Scott On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 7:08 AM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Rob Lanphier wrote: > >In the ArchCom meeting earlier today, Daniel, Timo, Tim and I discussed > >the way we handle RFC assignments in Phabricator. Previously, the RFC > >would frequently be assigned to person writing the RFC. As we try out > >the Rust model (per T123606 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123606>), > >and as we try to increase the speed by which RFCs move though the > >process, we thought it would make sense to also assign RFCs to shepherds > >on the ArchCom. > > > >We didn't discuss all of the implications of this in the meeting today, > >but we think this might help us scale our RFC triage process. What do > >you all think? > > I guess <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Governance> > tries to answer the question "what's a shepherd?" > > --- > * Nominate a shepherd from a (sub)team to guide an RFC through the process. > ** Makes sure that stakeholders are informed. > ** Guides the discussion. > ** Once the discussion plateaus or stalls & in coordination with the RFC > author(s), announces and widely publicizes a "Final Comment Period", > which is one week. > --- > > I'm still not really sure what any of this means. The biggest focus seems > to be on speed and throughput for the RFC process itself, when the focus > should actually be code quality, sustainability, and overall architecture. > > I found the recent RFC discussion about adding an expiration field to the > watchlist table to be very disappointing. My impression was that people > were more concerned with quickly pushing through a new feature (with > unknown user interface implications) than with solving the deeper > underlying problems we have with page lists. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- - Scott MacLeod - Founder & President - 415 480 4577 - http://scottmacleod.com - Please donate to tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) - World University and School - via PayPal, or credit card, here - - http://worlduniversityandschool.org - or send checks to - PO Box 442, (86 Ridgecrest Road), Canyon, CA 94516 - World University and School - like Wikipedia with best STEM-centric OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
