Note: Special:Upload currently works on mobile (well any device that supports it). Not sure what work is seen as required there...
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Sam Smith <samsm...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > I agree that we should get Special:Upload working suitably well on mobile > too. I'd consider that a blocker for removing the code. > > We have to act responsibly when removing code, regardless of how much we > dislike it. > > –Sam > > On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < > jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> I say kill it with fire. >> >> I like the feature but it doesn't seem like it is going to get any >> attention and it is effectively abandoned code. If we needed we can always >> bring it back without any issues. >> >> I agree with Kaldari, if we do it we should have a Special:Upload minerva >> page in following sprints. >> >> >> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 1:27 AM, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >> >>> I think killing our uploading interface is a probably a good idea >>> (assuming maintaining it isn't going to be a priority any time soon). >>> However, I think that if we kill it, we should at least clean up >>> Special:Upload so that it works OK in Minerva (shouldn't take much work). >>> This will give 3rd party users a minimal uploading interface if they want >>> it and also better position us for Minerva on desktop. Once it is working >>> adequately, we could just have a feature flag to add a link to it from the >>> hamburger menu (similar to the prior link to Special:Uploads). >>> >>> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Jon Robson <jrob...@wikimedia.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> A while back we disabled the mobile uploads interface in mobile. It's >>>> been sitting in our codebase dormant so people can enable it via user js if >>>> necessary but it's broken a few times and doesn't seem to be getting the >>>> attention it needs. >>>> >>>> Given there is now an editing team and from what I understand >>>> UploadWizard is being refactored into oojs ui (which will lead to it being >>>> less bulky and more mobile friendly) I'd like to suggest we abandon the >>>> code in MobileFrontend and help support that effort. Note this effort is >>>> likely to take a long long time, since that extension suffers from much >>>> technical debt and makes use of jquery ui, which is not available on >>>> mobile, so to set expectations we're not going to be in a state where we >>>> can enable this on mobile (if we wanted to which again is highly >>>> questionable) any time soon (think in units of a year rather than >>>> weeks/months). >>>> >>>> The downside of this is any 3rd parties who are using this uploads code >>>> (it's turned on by default) will lose this feature and there is no >>>> available alternative. >>>> >>>> I've written a patch to remove it [1] but I just wanted to post this >>>> here to give people the chance to voice any concerns/disagree with this >>>> approach. >>>> >>>> Note: We can always restore the code later on if necessary. I argue >>>> this will be easier than fixing/maintaining the existing code. Someone >>>> could also put it into a separate extension if they wanted to use it. >>>> >>>> See also: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97169 >>>> [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/210084/ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mobile-l mailing list >>>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mobile-l mailing list >>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > > -- Jon Robson * http://jonrobson.me.uk * https://www.facebook.com/jonrobson * @rakugojon
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