on wiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Scrum_of_scrums/2016-03-16
= 2016-03-16 = == Product == === Reading === ==== iOS ==== * '''Updates''': ** 5.0.0 was released - all the new things ** 5.0.1 was submitted - fix all the new things that crashed * '''Upcoming''': ** 5.0.1 - release (blocked on Apple review) ** 5.0.2 - a little bit of this and that, second round of bug fixes, some small functionality tweaks ** 5.1.0 - still in planning stage for some larger adjustments to some of the new 5.0.0 functionality * '''Blocking''': ** nothing comes to mind atm * '''Blocked''': ** 5.0.1 - release (blocked on Apple review) ** "mw-mobilefrontend-leadsection" leaking in to mobileview lead section (broke our transform but we pushed a workaround in 5.0.1) ** powering through 5.0.0 OTRS feedback firehose (not so much blocked as just time consuming) - digesting this feedback will inform what goes into 5.0.2 and 5.1.0 ** this also isn't really a blocker, just something we'll need to do sometime in the future - audit mobile content service output for any android-specific bits which may need to be tweaked before iOS can adopt - i doubt there will be issues, but we'll need to check ==== Mobile Content Service ==== * '''Blocking''': ** None * '''Blocked''': ** potential blocker: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T118306 "File: pages of images stored on commons result in 404s". Would be really nice to get that one fixed before we roll out MCS usage to Android production app. ** We need a new Android prod app release for the roll out of MCS usage in Android production app * '''Updates''': ** Considering starting roll out of MCS usage to Android production app next week since DC-switchover test is delayed until mid April. Might as well do it now. ** Working on fixing lead paraph transformation in the service. ==== Reading Infrastructure ==== * AuthManager is still coming! (see two weeks ago for details) ** Behind schedule though. ==== Android ==== * 2.1.143 beta coming soon. === Community Tech === * Numerical category sorting - Need to get https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/272416/ merged * Pageview stats tool is basically finished, going to add support for redirects as well * Deadlink logging interface for internet archive - http://tools.wmflabs.org/deadlinks/ === Editing === ==== Collaboration ==== * '''Blocking''': ** External Store - Continuing work. Some local stuff merged that will help with testing. * '''Blocked''': ** No new blockers. Work on dump continues * '''Updates''': ** Good feedback from cross-wiki notification roll out some far. ** Some small issues, e.g. people feeling spammed by welcome bots from wikis they visited one time (or maybe just a load.php reference). ==== Language ==== * '''Blocking''': ** None * '''Blockers''': ** None * '''Updates''' ** Work on improving ContentTranslation continue. ==== Multimedia ==== * '''Blocking''' ** None * '''Blockers''' ** None * '''Updates''' ** Another A/B test for the core upload dialog (esp. regarding VisualEditor uploads) to be released soon in an effort to reduce garbage uploads, heads up == Discovery == * '''Blocked''': ** Security: SVG sanitizer * '''Updates''': ** Completion suggester deployed on all wikis as default starting March 16th ** New portal improvements deployed ** Started weekly status updates: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates ** Working on enabling encryption for search traffic ** Preparing for A/B test of phrase match boost for search == Technology == === Security === * Deploying 2FA to wikis next week (disabled for almost all users initially) * Tarball release planned for next week === Research === * Blocking: none * Blocked: none * Updates: none === RelEng === * Blocking: ** Security wants to do a release of MW, working on timing ** Fundraising tech needs patch merged for jjb config, gerrit 277563 * Blocked: None * Updates: ** Code freeze is not happening next week, April 18th instead. See wmfall, wikitech-l announcement coming today too. === Technical Operations === * Blocking: Research on ORES, started assigning LVS this week * Blocked: none * Updates: ** Jobqueue woes https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129517 ** Got minor services (citoid, cxserver, mathoid, graphoid, apertium, zotero) working in CODFW === Fundraising Tech === * need one patch merged by RelEng: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/277563 * tested backup credit card processor for an hour ** fixing the bugs that shook out * burst of DonationInterface refactoring * draining some molasses out of the CentralNotice campaigns page * testing strategies to make contact merges reversable in CiviCRM === Services === * Going to set up redirects for commons image description pages (blocker for mobile apps deployment): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T118306 * DC switch-over for RESTBase, node services happening tomorrow European morning (3 hours): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127974 ** Services already running in Dallas, Cassandra master-master replication ** No user impact expected * REST API CDN caching: Most entry points now purged & cached in Varnish. Going to redirect titles with spaces to underscores next week. * EventBus multi-DC support discussion wrapping up: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127718 * "Pageviews" turns out to be disliked by ad blockers; working on alternative URLs for pageview API with analytics: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126947 === Analytics === * Working on goals for next quarter: will share soon with dependencies * Finishing up work on the request breakdown reports to replace wikistats reports: OS and Browser breakdowns -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | identi.ca: @greg A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D | _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
