[Wikitech-l] Google Code-in 2018 is over. Congratulations everybody!

2018-12-18 Thread Andre Klapper
After seven weeks, Google Code-in 2018 ended last week. 199 students (last year: 300) (out of 420 who claimed Wikimedia tasks) worked hard to complete 765 tasks (last year: 760). Thank you! Thanks to our 39 mentors (last year: 51) for being available, also on weekends & holidays. Thanks to

[Wikitech-l] Discovery Weekly Update for the week starting 2018-12-10

2018-12-18 Thread Chris Koerner
Season's greetings, This is the weekly update from the Search Platform team for the week starting 2018-12-10. As always, feedback and questions welcome. Programming note: Due to the holiday season the next update will be for the week of 2019-01-07 == Highlights== * Rare Character Search? Have

[Wikitech-l] Changes to CI for Python jobs

2018-12-18 Thread Kunal Mehta
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi, There are a few changes to the Python `tox` jobs that CI is running: 1. Most importantly, Python 3.5 is now the default version when invoked with `tox`. This can be overridden by using basepython[1]. 2. Multiple Python 3 versions are available:

[Wikitech-l] The Technical Advice IRC Meeting takes a holiday break

2018-12-18 Thread Johanna Strodt
// sorry for cross-posting Hello everyone, the Technical Advice IRC Meeting [1] is taking a 4-week break. The next meeting will take place in 2019, on January 16. Also, please take note that there’ll be only one time slot for the Technical Advice IRC Meeting in 2019: 4 pm UTC. See you in 2019!