It wasn't the IA's fault. At the time, the IA was already working on an API to submit URLs and to rapidly cache items, so we just needed early access. The GSoC

It wasn't the IA's fault. At the time, the IA was already working on an API to submit URLs and to rapidly cache items, so we just needed early access. The GSoC student didn't follow up with the process of getting it adopted. I didn't either, which I regret. I left the WMF in early 2012 so I guess it was dropped on the floor for a while. That said I have since found out that others have taken up the charge.