[Wikitext-l] collaborative editing tasks, edit surface work, tests, & projected deployment date

[Sumana Harihareswara]

A quick summary of the last week in parser/visual editor work by Neil, 
Inez, Trevor, and Brion.  It would especially be great if people added 
Parser Playground tests and TODO tasks towards a collaborative editor.

We released the Wikimedia annual plan, which includes: "Develop Visual 
Editor. First opt-in user-facing production usage by December 2011, and 
first small wiki default deployment by June 2012." 
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2011-2012_Annual_Plan_Questions_and_Answers 


Neil's been thinking about the tasks necessary in realtime collaborative 
editing: 
http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Code/MediaWiki/author/brion&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fextensions%2FParserPlayground%2Ftests  
Please add more!

Trevor's been adding to an SVN module working on the edit surface; his 
commits:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/author/tparscal

Trevor's been pair programming with Inez, whose work has also been on 
the editing surface in general:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/author/inez

Trevor also notes: "I am planning to get some information out this week, 
including some visuals of where we are headed, information about where 
we are, and some details about what got us here."  So look out for that 
email within the next few days.


-- 
Sumana Harihareswara
Volunteer Development Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation