Hi Daniel, Thank you for the update. I was wondering, how does the new Front-end Architecture Working Group relate to the existing Front-end Standards Group?[1] Does it replace the previous group or do they operate independently?
— [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/1616/ Cheers, Máté Szabó SOFTWARE ENGINEER +36 30 947 5903 WIKIA sp. z o.o. z siedzibą w Poznaniu, ul. Abp. A. Baraniaka 6 Sąd Rejonowy Poznań – Nowe Miasto i Wilda w Poznaniu, VIII Wydział Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego, KRS 0000254365 NIP: 5252358778 Kapitał zakładowy: 50.000,00 złotych > On 20 Sep 2019, at 13:20, Daniel Kinzler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Here are the minutes from this week's TechCom meeting: > > > * RFC Last Call until 2019-10-02: Drop IE6 and IE7 basic compatibility and > security support <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232563>. This means we > can > remove code that works around issues with IE6 and IE7. If no concerns remain > unaddressed by October 2nd, the RFC will be approved as proposed. > > * Discussed: Kickoff of the Front-end Architecture Working Group (FAWG) > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Front_End_Architecture_Working_Group>. The > purpose of the Frontent Architecture Working Group is to propose an > architecture > for a more modern front-end to MediaWiki, enabling a richer user experience. > Efforts to modernize the user interface have often struggled with limitations > imposed by MediaWiki core and the overall system architecture. FAWG is > an effort by the Product and Technology departments to develop a mid-term plan > to overcome these limitations. > > * Discussed: Section headings with clickable anchor > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T18691>. This is about a "link to this > section" feature pegged for deployment on WMF wikis. The RFC is to make sure > that there are no performance issues with this change. > > * IRC discussion next week: Core REST API namespace and version > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232485>. This is about versioning > strategies > for public APIs. As always, the meeting will take place on Freenode in the > #wikimedia-office channel, at 21:00 UTC (2pm PDT, 23:00 CEST). > > > You can also find our meeting minutes at > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Committee/Minutes> > > See also the TechCom RFC board > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-rfcs/>. > > If you prefer you can subscribe to our newsletter here > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Newsletter:TechCom_Radar> > > Cheers, > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
