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Hey all
A month has passed since my last e-mail and while I received lots of
feedback (mainly relating to the structure and readability of the document)
there were no concerns about making this official and I have thus made the
page official.

If you work on extensions or MediaWiki core, please read through the
changes outlined below, and have a look at the policy page at
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Stable_interface_policy/frontend>.

Given the substantial edits to the page itself to change structure and
readability (but not meaning) please review the open topics on the talk
page: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Stable_interface_policy/frontend>
This document is intended to be a living document that evolves with our
shared needs over time, so this should not be seen as a perfect finalized
document.

I hope this helps provide Wikimedia sites with a healthier ecosystem,
particularly for gadget developers. Thanks to all those who have engaged in
this process over the last two years [1] and special thanks to Amir
Sarabandi for help relating to its roll-out.

Jon

[1] Note: In my original email I mistakenly said that we had been working
on it for 3 years.


On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 4:28?PM Jon Robson <jrobson@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Dear fellow developers! If you don't work on gadgets or Wikimedia code,
> feel free to ignore this email!
>
> For some time we've had the Stable interface policy which has been super
> helpful for backend-development. I would love us to have an equivalent for
> frontend code.
>
> For the past 3 years we have been building one with feedback and
> suggestions from gadget developers, WMF staff and Wikimedia volunteers. The
> current draft can be found at:
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jdlrobson/Stable_interface_policy/frontend
>
> I would like to make this policy official so that we can get the benefits
> of having a document and continue to evolve it in a more official capacity.
>
> If anyone wants to veto this, I'd like to hear from you on the talk page
> or by a reply to this email (either privately or publicly). When making a
> veto please make that explicit and include the text you find problematic
> and details about why.
>
> If there is no active veto after one month, this policy will be made
> official and moved to
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Stable_interface_policy/frontend.
>
> Thanks in advance for all your help with this important matter!
>
> Jon Robson
> PS. This note has also been sent to tech news.
>
>
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