[Wikitech-l] Bugzilla for Extensions

2013-05-08 Thread Tyler Romeo
Hey, I was wondering what the qualifications are for getting a Bugzilla section for a MediaWiki extension, and how it can be set up? (It's difficult having to memorize or write down on notepads what things need to be fixed, and I don't want to have to set up my own Bugzilla instance.) *-- * *Tyle

Re: [Wikitech-l] Bugzilla for Extensions

2013-05-08 Thread K. Peachey
File a bug under Wikimedia/Bugzilla for it. Only pre-req is that you are heavily involved in the dev of it (eg: maintainer) and you want it. On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Tyler Romeo wrote: > Hey, > > I was wondering what the qualifications are for getting a Bugzilla section > for a MediaWiki e

Re: [Wikitech-l] Bugzilla for Extensions

2013-05-08 Thread Tyler Romeo
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 3:09 AM, K. Peachey wrote: > File a bug under Wikimedia/Bugzilla for it. Only pre-req is that you > are heavily involved in the dev of it (eg: maintainer) and you want > it. > OK, thanks! *-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2015 Major in Computer

Re: [Wikitech-l] Bugzilla for Extensions

2013-05-08 Thread Petr Bena
Link me to bug and I will create it right now! On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Tyler Romeo wrote: > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 3:09 AM, K. Peachey wrote: > >> File a bug under Wikimedia/Bugzilla for it. Only pre-req is that you >> are heavily involved in the dev of it (eg: maintainer) and you want >

Re: [Wikitech-l] Bugzilla for Extensions

2013-05-08 Thread Tyler Romeo
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Petr Bena wrote: > Link me to bug and I will create it right now! Here's the link: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48252 Much appreciated. *-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2015 Major in Computer Science www.whizkidztec

Re: [Wikitech-l] Bugzilla for Extensions

2013-05-08 Thread Andre Klapper
Hi, On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 03:01 -0400, Tyler Romeo wrote: > I was wondering what the qualifications are for getting a Bugzilla section > for a MediaWiki extension Basically none, though I highly appreciate if maintainers *themselves* ask for the creation of a Bugzilla component for their extensio

[Wikitech-l] [RFC] Update our code to use RDFa 1.1 instead of RDFa 1.0

2013-05-08 Thread Daniel Friesen
I was going through our code contemplating dropping XHTML 1.1 support and ran into the RDFa support stuff and realized how out of date and limited it is. I've put together an RFC for replacing our code that appears to be based on the RDFa 1.0 from 2008 with RDFa 1.1 and expanding support fo

Re: [Wikitech-l] OPW Browser Test Automation - Proposal Summary

2013-05-08 Thread Željko Filipin
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Indrani Sen wrote: > I am summarizing here my proposal idea for OPW MediaWiki projects. I have noticed that you did not provide the link to your proposal[1]. In addition to the comments that I have posted here, I have left a few comments on the talk page[2]. Že

Re: [Wikitech-l] OPW browser test automation for Visual Editor

2013-05-08 Thread Željko Filipin
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Rachel Thomas wrote: > Here is my proposal for OPW: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rachel99/OPW_proposal > Hi Rachel, I have left a couple of comments on the talk page[1]. Željko -- 1: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_talk:Rachel99/OPW_proposal ___

Re: [Wikitech-l] APIStrat conference, San Francisco, October 23, 24, 25

2013-05-08 Thread Marc A. Pelletier
On 05/07/2013 05:33 PM, Juliusz Gonera wrote: > Seems interesting. Is there anyone who'd be interested in giving a talk > or participating in a panel there? Given that it's very close to me, and that I have quite a bit of experience with the API, this is something I could do. I actually had an AP

[Wikitech-l] How to get permission to view deleted revision information via API?

2013-05-08 Thread Claudia Müller-Birn
Hi all, I don't know whether this is the correct mailing list to ask such question but it is the one I am reading regularly… Does anyone know about the adequate procedure to get permission to request deleted revision information from the MediaWiki API? I just stumbled over this problem... {

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to get permission to view deleted revision information via API?

2013-05-08 Thread Chad
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Claudia Müller-Birn wrote: > Hi all, > > I don't know whether this is the correct mailing list to ask such question > but it is the one I am reading regularly… > > Does anyone know about the adequate procedure to get permission to request > deleted revision inform

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC / OPW mentors README

2013-05-08 Thread Quim Gil
On 05/03/2013 04:22 PM, Matthew Flaschen wrote: On 04/27/2013 07:58 PM, Quim Gil wrote: SELECTING CANDIDATES After the deadline we will meet to prioritize GSoC and OPW candidates. When is this meeting? It seems that we won't need a meeting to discuss candidates. So far the discussions of t

Re: [Wikitech-l] APIStrat conference, San Francisco, October 23, 24, 25

2013-05-08 Thread Mathieu Stumpf
Le mercredi 08 mai 2013 à 09:09 -0400, Marc A. Pelletier a écrit : > On 05/07/2013 05:33 PM, Juliusz Gonera wrote: > > Seems interesting. Is there anyone who'd be interested in giving a talk > > or participating in a panel there? > > Given that it's very close to me, and that I have quite a bit of

Re: [Wikitech-l] GLAM Wiki Toolset code review

2013-05-08 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
On 04/17/2013 02:51 AM, Mathieu Stumpf wrote: > Le 2013-04-16 18:25, Geer Oskam a écrit : >> Hi all, >> >> the GLAM Wiki Toolset-code is ready for its initial review. >> It can be found at: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/59405/ >> >> Please help us by taking a look at it. >> >> Cheers, >> Geer

[Wikitech-l] Git for idiots

2013-05-08 Thread Petr Bena
Hi, Long time ago when I started learning with git I decided to create a simple guide (basically I was just taking some notes of what is needed). I never thought that it could be useful to anyone so I never announced it anywhere. However I got some feedback to it, so I decided to inform you too.

Re: [Wikitech-l] Git for idiots

2013-05-08 Thread Chad
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Petr Bena wrote: > Hi, > > Long time ago when I started learning with git I decided to create a > simple guide (basically I was just taking some notes of what is > needed). I never thought that it could be useful to anyone so I never > announced it anywhere. Howeve

Re: [Wikitech-l] Git for idiots

2013-05-08 Thread Petr Bena
I was using these tutorials in past, and they were pretty complicated for me to understand git. I don't say it should be considered some "official" documentation, rather something what desperate people could use. Git/Workflow and such are written by people who already understand git - they don't s

Re: [Wikitech-l] Git for idiots

2013-05-08 Thread Chad
Well, that was the point of [[Git/Getting started]] because the Workflow document sucks. -Chad On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Petr Bena wrote: > I was using these tutorials in past, and they were pretty complicated > for me to understand git. I don't say it should be considered some > "officia

Re: [Wikitech-l] Git for idiots

2013-05-08 Thread Anthony
I guess the viewpoint and perspective from the more experienced users may be different. The veterans may start to take some knowledge for granted, as a given knowledge that they may thing people would already know. For example, the underlying concept of git commit is something that I now take for

Re: [Wikitech-l] RFC: New approach to release notes

2013-05-08 Thread Krinkle
On May 7, 2013, at 8:56 PM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: > On Tue, 07 May 2013 20:51:07 +0200, Krinkle wrote: > >> It is the duty of repository co-owners to make wise decisions beyond >> just code quality. About what changes go in what release (if at all), >> whether the introduced features are in

Re: [Wikitech-l] Git for idiots

2013-05-08 Thread Quim Gil
On 05/08/2013 09:41 AM, Petr Bena wrote: I was using these tutorials in past, and they were pretty complicated for me to understand git. Have you checked recently these pages? http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Getting_started http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Tutorial I'm a git-idiot a

Re: [Wikitech-l] Git for idiots

2013-05-08 Thread Yury Katkov
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Petr Bena wrote: > Hi, > > Long time ago when I started learning with git I decided to create a > simple guide (basically I was just taking some notes of what is > needed). I never thought that it could be useful to anyone so I never > announced it anywhere. Howeve

Re: [Wikitech-l] GLAM Wiki Toolset code review

2013-05-08 Thread Siebrand Mazeland (WMF)
It's a big one. I took a crack at PS2. 32 more comments. On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > On 04/17/2013 02:51 AM, Mathieu Stumpf wrote: > > Le 2013-04-16 18:25, Geer Oskam a écrit : > >> Hi all, > >> > >> the GLAM Wiki Toolset-code is ready for its initial review. >

Re: [Wikitech-l] RFC: New approach to release notes

2013-05-08 Thread Bartosz Dziewoński
On Wed, 08 May 2013 19:24:48 +0200, Krinkle wrote: How does this make anything harder for new users? If anything, it makes it easier by not having to worry about which file to edit, what to put in it etc. You're either not reading what I wrote or intentionally pulling my words out of context

Re: [Wikitech-l] Git for idiots

2013-05-08 Thread Petr Bena
Biggest disadvantage I see on the official documents is they don't contain the hypothetical situation when something is wrong, they are relying on the fact that everything is as it's supposed to be - perfect. That user has perfectly configured system, that user doesn't accidentally break repository

Re: [Wikitech-l] Git for idiots

2013-05-08 Thread Petr Bena
Also note that in my document I have some hints like this: Sometimes it's needed to use following, should you know why, feel free to explain it: git push origin HEAD:refs/publish/master which I was told to use by someone else, and it works! So I noted it somewhere in case I would get into same is

Re: [Wikitech-l] Git for idiots

2013-05-08 Thread Chad
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Petr Bena wrote: > Also note that in my document I have some hints like this: > > Sometimes it's needed to use following, should you know why, feel free > to explain it: > git push origin HEAD:refs/publish/master > > which I was told to use by someone else, and it w

Re: [Wikitech-l] Git for idiots

2013-05-08 Thread Mathieu Stumpf
Le mercredi 08 mai 2013 à 18:34 +0200, Petr Bena a écrit : > Hi, > > Long time ago when I started learning with git I decided to create a > simple guide (basically I was just taking some notes of what is > needed). I never thought that it could be useful to anyone so I never > announced it anywher

Re: [Wikitech-l] OPW browser test automation for Visual Editor

2013-05-08 Thread Rachel Thomas
Zeljiko, I have updated my proposal with your suggestions, plus added a timeline and more info under "About Me". Let me know if you have other suggestions. Here is my update proposal for OPW:  https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rachel99/OPW_proposal Thank you. -Rachel  On Tue, Apr 30, 2

Re: [Wikitech-l] Git for idiots

2013-05-08 Thread Moriel Schottlender
Quim Gil wikimedia.org> writes: > > On 05/08/2013 09:41 AM, Petr Bena wrote: > > I was using these tutorials in past, and they were pretty complicated > > for me to understand git. > > Have you checked recently these pages? > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Getting_started > > http://w

[Wikitech-l] Coding style: Language construct spacing

2013-05-08 Thread Krinkle
Hi, Since there appears to have been a little bit of trivia around fixing these phpcs warnings, I'll open a thread instead. Both in javascript and PHP there are various keywords that can be used as if they are functions. In my opinion this is a misuse of the language and only causes confusion. I

Re: [Wikitech-l] Coding style: Language construct spacing

2013-05-08 Thread Matthew Walker
> > But let's not have some weird exception just because someone didn't > understand it[1] and we all copied it and want to keep it for no > rational reason. I think its probably because Die, List, Array, and Exit are also keywords but require the (). It also makes sense when looking at language

Re: [Wikitech-l] Coding style: Language construct spacing

2013-05-08 Thread Brian Wolff
On 2013-05-08 9:26 PM, "Krinkle" wrote: > > Hi, > > Since there appears to have been a little bit of trivia > > Hi, > > Since there appears to have been a little bit of trivia around fixing > these phpcs warnings, I'll open a thread instead. > > Both in javascript and PHP there are various keyword

[Wikitech-l] category intersection conversations

2013-05-08 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
Recently a lot of people have been talking about what's possible and what's necessary regarding MediaWiki, CatScan-like tools, and real category intersection; this mail has some pointers. The long-term solution is a sparkly query for, e.g., people with aspects novelist + Singaporean, and it would

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wikidata Features

2013-05-08 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
On 05/03/2013 03:48 PM, Puneet Kaur wrote: > Hi all , > > I know its late but still. > > I wished to let you all know that I have applied for the Wikidata Features > Project Idea in GSOC 2013. > > I have a bit of experience in website development and designing, but I am > not sure whether all of

Re: [Wikitech-l] category intersection conversations

2013-05-08 Thread James Forrester
On 8 May 2013 18:26, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > Recently a lot of people have been talking about what's possible and > what's necessary regarding MediaWiki, CatScan-like tools, and real > category intersection; this mail has some pointers. > > The long-term solution is a sparkly query for, e.g

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC Proposal - Incremental Data Dumps

2013-05-08 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
On 05/03/2013 10:18 AM, Jeremy Coffman wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Jeremy Coffman. I am a second year student studying Computer > Science at Brandeis University, with a possible focus on natural language > processing. I have decided to apply to work on the Incremental Data Dumps > project. M

Re: [Wikitech-l] Coding style: Language construct spacing

2013-05-08 Thread Tyler Romeo
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Krinkle wrote: > delete( mw.legacy ); > > new( mw.Title ); > > typeof( mw ); > > echo( $foo . $bar ); > > print( $foo . $bar ); > > return( $foo . $bar ); > > … and, wait for it.. > > require_once( $foo . $bar ); > I mostly agree. Howev

Re: [Wikitech-l] category intersection conversations

2013-05-08 Thread Brian Wolff
On 2013-05-08 11:48 PM, "James Forrester" wrote: > > On 8 May 2013 18:26, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > > > Recently a lot of people have been talking about what's possible and > > what's necessary regarding MediaWiki, CatScan-like tools, and real > > category intersection; this mail has some poi

Re: [Wikitech-l] category intersection conversations

2013-05-08 Thread Matthew Flaschen
On 05/09/2013 12:13 AM, Brian Wolff wrote: > Between wikipedias or all wikimedia wikis... category structure has varried > meaning between projects. Category:North_America has different types of > pages in enwikinews compared to enwikipedia. Right. It would have to be grouped by top-level project

[Wikitech-l] Purging parts of varnish cache

2013-05-08 Thread Yuri Astrakhan
Hi, when we edit Zero configuration, it would be very beneficial to flush any cached pages in varnish that are related to the change. For example, if I edit Beeline's banner settings, any objects with the header X-CS=250-99 should be purged, hopefully without any additional manual interaction. Wit