Multiple sign posts January 17 this year. There was also a May 2011 foundation announcement along with countless other notes
On Friday, June 1, 2012, Risker wrote: > I've got about 18 months worth of Wikitech-L in my archives, and there are > two threads that talk about IPv6; one from March, that didn't provide a lot > of information, and this one. There may be others, but they're not popping > up on my search. > > Forgive me for failing to read this week's signpost from cover to cover > yet; it refers to the previous coverage from June 2011, and quotes Erik > Moeller from some unknown and unspecified source. I don't know where he > told "the community" that. Do you? > > Risker > > On 1 June 2012 20:10, John <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > Wow Risker, you obviously don't read any mailing lists/ blogs or sign > > posts. I just did a quick search of my email records for wiki tech and > ipv6 > > the first result that I see is from July 2007. Almost 5 years ago, I also > > remember a big push last year about this same time for ipv6. > > > > On Friday, June 1, 2012, Risker wrote: > > > > > Indeed, a long time. Discussed on Mediawiki and bugzilla; it's not even > > > discussed on Wikitech-L. Neither of which 99.99999% of users, > including > > > many volunteer developers, have time to follow. This is not just a > > > technical change, it's a cultural one. > > > > > > I've long stood up for the Engineering Department when it is making > > changes > > > that have only minor effects on the public face of the project; I know > > that > > > sometimes users can be hyperactive about minor points. But this isn't > a > > > minor point. I'd compare it to Vector - something that there was > > longterm, > > > active communication about throughout its development cycle, with lots > of > > > outreach to volunteer developers and to the community, and > opportunities > > to > > > test things out. > > > > > > I can't stand up for them this time, though. It's not even discussed > well > > > on Mediawiki, and is mostly in passing on the Roadmap.[1] And the few > > > community-based questions that have come up, specifically on Erik's > meta > > > userpage, have not been given the courtesy of a reply. > > > > > > Risker > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Roadmap > > > > > > On 1 June 2012 19:35, David Gerard <[email protected] > > > <javascript:;><javascript:;>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On 2 June 2012 00:08, Risker <[email protected] > > > > <javascript:;><javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Fully enabling IPv6 has been coming a *long* time - over a year, with > > > > months of planning and work before even that - as Erik's first > message > > > > in this thread notes, and it was hardly a secret. Your objections may > > > > be entirely too late - it is vanishingly unlikely that two years' > > > > effort will suddenly be thrown away. Were you literally unaware until > > > > now that this was in the works? > > > > > > > > > > > > - d. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
