Re: [Wikitech-l] Backing out REL1_24

2014-09-21 Thread Rob Lanphier
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Markus Glaser wrote: > Let me be clear about one thing: this is a matter of unclear > responsibilites. I'm not blaming anyone personally for what they did. Let's > clarify the process (maybe here on this list) and make _better_ mistakes > tomorrow :) > Yup, agree

Re: [Wikitech-l] Backing out REL1_24

2014-09-21 Thread James Forrester
On 21 September 2014 20:08, Legoktm wrote: > Hi, > > On 9/21/14, 1:42 PM, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: > > Dear Wikitech-l > > > > REL1_24 was branched and announced ahead of schedule[0]. > > > > Our schedule[1] clearly states that we will announce a branch one week > > before we make one in order

Re: [Wikitech-l] Backing out REL1_24

2014-09-21 Thread Legoktm
Hi, On 9/21/14, 1:42 PM, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: > Dear Wikitech-l > > REL1_24 was branched and announced ahead of schedule[0]. > > Our schedule[1] clearly states that we will announce a branch one week > before we make one in order to allow developers to put any necessary work > into the br

[Wikitech-l] Bugzilla Weekly Report

2014-09-21 Thread reporter
MediaWiki Bugzilla Report for September 15, 2014 - September 22, 2014 Status changes this week Reports changed/set to UNCONFIRMED: 5 Reports changed/set to NEW: 18 Reports changed/set to ASSIGNED : 24

[Wikitech-l] ANN: Version 1.0.0 of the Memento Headers Extension

2014-09-21 Thread Shawn Jones
All, Thanks to new architecture developments within the Memento Project, we are pleased to announce the availability of Version 1.0.0 of the Memento Headers time travel Extension for MediaWiki. The extension can be downloaded via [1]. Information on the extension is available at [2]. A demon

[Wikitech-l] ANN: Version 2.1.0 of the Memento MediaWiki Extension

2014-09-21 Thread Shawn Jones
All, Thanks to a few informal code reviews, version 2.1.0 of the Memento time travel Extension for MediaWiki has been released. The extension can be downloaded via [1]. Information on the extension is available at [2]. A demonstration wiki equipped with the extension is available at [3]. Th

Re: [Wikitech-l] Backing out REL1_24

2014-09-21 Thread Markus Glaser
Hi Isarra, > Why is this ahead of schedule? Two months before release > seems pretty reasonable to me; > You don't want to rush this stuff, especially when > balancing with breaking changes in the next release. It's ahead of the planned release schedule [1] by a few weeks. The real issues is,

Re: [Wikitech-l] Backing out REL1_24

2014-09-21 Thread Isarra Yos
On 21/09/14 20:42, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: Dear Wikitech-l REL1_24 was branched and announced ahead of schedule[0]. Our schedule[1] clearly states that we will announce a branch one week before we make one in order to allow developers to put any necessary work into the branch and keep backpo

[Wikitech-l] Backing out REL1_24

2014-09-21 Thread Mark A . Hershberger
Dear Wikitech-l REL1_24 was branched and announced ahead of schedule[0]. Our schedule[1] clearly states that we will announce a branch one week before we make one in order to allow developers to put any necessary work into the branch and keep backports to a minimum. The current release is plann

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to beta-test HHVM

2014-09-21 Thread Pine W
Just a few thoughts: * I agree that the tone of the email that started this discussion about software quality standards was unnecessarily critical. Even in production releases, users may find occasional bugs. * The intent of HHVM implementation and James' quick response to the problem report are

Re: [Wikitech-l] Invitation to beta-test HHVM

2014-09-21 Thread Jeroen De Dauw
Hey, I know requiring unit tests was discussed in the past, anyone remembers > where and what the result was? > The most cohesive discussion on this I can remember was in the thread "Architecture Guidelines: Writing Testable Code". https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-June/thread

Re: [Wikitech-l] Invitation to beta-test HHVM

2014-09-21 Thread Jan Zerebecki
On 2014-09-21 09:51, Pine W wrote: > Thanks, but I'm looking for something that is more specific to MediaWiki > and that commits development teams to specific, standardized, and > transparently measured quality metrics as products advance or regress in > their path to production release. Yes I wou

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to beta-test HHVM

2014-09-21 Thread Pine W
Given longtime experience with problematic releases of MediaWiki features, I think that published quality standards that products must meet in order to become production releases could help to limit the number and seriousness of additional troubled launches. These standards would also reduce the a

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to beta-test HHVM

2014-09-21 Thread Pine W
Thanks, but I'm looking for something that is more specific to MediaWiki and that commits development teams to specific, standardized, and transparently measured quality metrics as products advance or regress in their path to production release. Pine ___