Wikimedia Technical Committee/Minutes/2019-10-02

The TechCom planning meeting is a weekly invite-only video discussion, generally held on Wednesday 13:00 USA Pacific Time.
See also TechCom-RFC workboard in Phabricator. (Private minutes)

• Approved: Drop IE6 and IE7 basic compatibility and security support <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232563>. This RFC removes IE6 and IE7 from "basic" support in the MediaWiki compatibility table.

• Discussed: Core REST API namespace and version <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232485>. This RFC proposes a namespace and version policy for routes in the MediaWiki REST API.

• Discussed: Section header "share" link <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T18691>. This RFC aims to make it easier for readers to share links to sections on wiki pages.

• Discussed: Serve Main Page of Wikimedia wikis from a consistent URL <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120085>. This RFC proposes serving a wiki’s main page from the domain root. The configuration option has been merged as disabled by default, and discussion with stakeholders is ongoing.

• No IRC meeting next week.