User:Greg (WMF)/platformeng

The platformeng keyword in Bugzilla is pretty neat. Let's define what it's real use is, solidly.

What it isn't

 * A way of knowing what everyone on the Platform Team is working on at any given moment.
 * An accurate overview of the priority of future Platform Team work

What it is

 * A way of onboarding bugs to the platform team during the triaging process
 * This is mostly used by Andre/Greg as they review bugs.

How to use platformeng
For a new/fresh bug report:
 * 1) Bug is created
 * 2) You review the bug (confirm it exists etc)
 * 3) You decide this bug should at least be looked at by Platform in the future
 * 4) Add the keyword, ping andre/greg if you think it is really imperative to fix quickly
 * 5) Greg/Andre review on Monday morning all platformeng bugs, sort them/decide what to bring up to the Platform Team
 * 6) Greg collects them on the MediaWiki Core team weekly meeting agenda
 * 7) MW Core decides if they'll address it, and if so who'll be on point (at least initially). If it is determined to not a Platform bug, the platform keyword is removed.

For non-fresh bug, start at "You decide the bug should at least be looked at by Platform"