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====== Quo vadis, DokuWiki? ======

===== Is DokuWiki dead? =====

  * development activity seems to have decreased at lot
  * nearly no communication on the Mailing List
  * long term developers seem to have lost interest/time (myself included)
  * no new developers join (or we are shit at integrating them into our community)

===== Is that even true? =====

  * I gathered some numbers to see if my feeling is right
  * [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mxKZLDyKdPvbBdmiNVuFPPMGLAPUxMZmZ8VGPAq3Jk0/edit|GDrive Spreadsheet]]

===== Numbers! =====

  * Data from 2011 til today
  * 2015 is not complete, so it's somewhat skewed
  * graphs show rolling 5 month averages
  * trend line is linear (whatever that means ;-P)
    * basically up is good, down is bad

===== Development =====

  * some development related graphs first...
  * remember this is all quantity, not quality

===== Commits =====

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===== Mailing List Posts =====

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===== IRC Messages =====

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===== New Plugins =====

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===== Development Summary =====

  * commit count has decreased
  * but not as much as the communication has
  * most communication now happens in github comments
    * which I didn't count (sorry)
    * does anyone remember when we moved to github?
  * Plugin creation slightly decreases
    * understandibly - most common problems are solved

===== Endusers =====

  * let's see how end user related numbers changed

===== Forum Posts =====

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===== Newsletter =====

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===== Sessions =====

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===== End User Numbers =====

  * Forum posts are down, mostly to the loss of developers chiming in (I think)
  * Newsletter subscriptions got a huge bump with download.dokuwiki.org being introduced
    * People are interested still!
    * we need to use this huge potential better!
  * Sessions are slightly growing
    * yeah! fighting the trend

===== Is it even our fault? =====

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  * it reflect the interest in wikis in general: [[https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=wiki|Google trends]]


===== Time to speculate =====

  * DokuWiki feels finished
  * Keeping backwards compatibility and existing users happy 
    * requires high skill
    * makes adding new "hot" features difficult
  * We're not exactly modern PHP
  * existing developers are gatekeepers but have limited time/interest
    * PRs do not get enough attention

===== Can we just be done? =====

  * There are challenges ahead:
    * PHP7 compatibility
    * HHVM support
  * We want to keep up with modern times and deliver what users expect from a modern wiki
  * there are still open [[doku>devel:ideas]]
  * so no, we're not done!

===== Ideas - Tools =====

  * Rethinking our tools
    * are mailing lists still the tool of choice?
    * should our IRC chat be more accessible?
    * what are the cool kids using?
  * Rethinking our development process
    * I'm not sure how exactly to solve this
    * how to get code integrated faster without sacrificing quality?
    * would a merge now, fix later attitude be helpful?

===== Ideas - Community =====

  * Splitting off modules that are of broader interest to the PHP community
    * using composer to pull them back in
  * Who should have commit access who still hasn't?
  * How do we notice new people?
    * why aren't they here?

===== And now? =====

  * Ideas anyone?
  * Need a group hug?

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