WikiReleaseTeam/2014-2015 Goals

Wiki Release Team

The 2014-2015 quarterly goals are defined by the following drivers:

• Provide the third party MediaWiki users with MediaWiki tarball release management, support, and advocacy
• Implement lightweight environmental scan
• Build up a user group
• Develop a developer community

Quarter	Goals
Jul–Sep 2014	Release management and support Improve Quality Testing for Extensions and Older Release Branches Figure out if we are shipping out right version of extension Security and maintenance releases as needed Advocacy Meet with Mozilla at Wikimania Maintain dialogue with users and developers Mediate Composer dialogue at Wikimania and on RfC SMWCon in Vienna New Formats of distribution: Develop understanding of Docker, Puppet, and Vagrant User Group Promote and buildup user group Initial meeting at Wikimania 2014, London Have regular meetings Initiate application for recognition for MediaWiki Cooperation Mentor Google Summer of Code 2014 student, Adiyta Chaturvedi
Oct–Dec 2014	Release management and support Major release 1.24 on November 26, 2014 Security and maintenance releases as needed Assume responsibility for security announcements for extensions as needed Document processes Reach out to WMF QA about testing extensions Work with volunteer to publicize 1.24 for users Advocacy Maintain dialogue with users and developers Lead discussion about extension management Scheduled presentation of what's new in MW 1.24 to enterprise user group in Houston, Texas Plan of action for environmental scan Release Team tasks: Use data from WikiApiary and wikistats.wmflabs.org to gain understanding of who third party customers are Compile a list of top requested features Compile a list of bug fixes Mentor Google Code-in 2014 students for the following tasks: Research inactive wikis from WikiApiary Fortune 1000 Find unique wikis Look through mailing lists for mentions of requested features or pain points Student participation in discussion about important questions to include in customer survey MediaWiki Stakeholders Group Received recognition Promote and buildup user group SMWCon 2014 Vienna WikiCon 2014 Köln, Germany Provide list of interested individuals Group meetings 2014-10-17 2014-11-07 Scheduled 2014-12-05
Jan–Mar 2015	Release management and support Security and maintenance releases as needed Security announcements for extensions as needed Advocacy work Maintain dialogue with users and developers Lead discussion about extension management Developer Summit 2015, San Francisco, California Quarterly review Showcase preliminary results of environmental scan MediaWiki Stakeholders Group Promote and buildup user group Meetings Work with volunteers on tasks
Apr–Jun 2015	Release management and support Major release 1.25.0 on May 27, 2015 Security and maintenance releases as needed Security announcements for extensions as needed Advocacy work Maintain dialogue with users and developers Lead discussion about extension management Showcase environmental scan results MediaWiki Stakeholders Group Promote and buildup user group Have regular meetings Hackathon 2015, Lyon, France
July 2015	Release management and support Advocacy work Environmental scan MediaWiki Stakeholders Group Wikimania 2015, Mexico City

The release and user group work are organized through monthly sprints with quarterly reviews. Each quarter's work will progress towards the annual goals.