Hi Everyone,
A quick heads up for others in this situation... We attempted to
migrate to MW 1.38.6 tonight. Our first step is a manual backup.
We found our manual backup (and backups for the last couple of months)
have been failing (yuk!):
# /sbin/mw-backup
Repair wiki database ok
mysqldump: Couldn't execute 'FLUSH TABLES': Access denied; you need
(at least one of) the RELOAD or FLUSH_TABLES privilege(s) for this
operation (1227)
Failed to dump wiki database
It appears this is a known issue on Ubuntu:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/2003866
In our case, workarounds like adding RELOAD or FLUSH_TABLES to the
backup user also failed:
mysql> GRANT FLUSH_TABLES ON my_wiki.* TO 'mwuser'@'%';
ERROR 3619 (HY000): Illegal privilege level specified for FLUSH_TABLES
mysql> GRANT RELOAD ON my_wiki.* TO 'mwuser'@'%';
ERROR 1410 (42000): You are not allowed to create a user with GRANT
We reached our limit of knowledge for MySQL administration. I think we
will have to wait until the Ubuntu 2003866 bug is fixed.
Jeff
Hello all,
Starting in April 2023, MediaWiki will end Grade A support for browsers that
do not implement ES6 JavaScript.[0] This mostly affects the small number of
Internet Explorer 11 users. A very small number of iOS users who have not
upgraded to iOS 10 (released in 2017) are also affected.
Users with these browsers will still be able to browse and contribute to the
projects. Enhanced features will become unavailable. For example, the 2010
wikitext editor will not appear, scripts and gadgets will not operate, and
notification buttons will take you to a page rather than open a pop-out.
This change will affect fewer than 0.1% of page views to Wikimedia wikis. We
previously raised the standard (from ES3 to ES5) in April 2017.[1]
Providing JavaScript for IE 11 and other ES5 browsers adds a significant
maintenance burden. It also hinders site speed for all users. Microsoft
ended its official support for Internet Explorer 11 in June 2022,[2] and
entirely removed it from Windows 10 in February 2023.[3]
This change will land in the development branch used on all Wikimedia wikis
this April, to be released as part of MediaWiki 1.41 around November 2023.
Please help carry this message into your communities.
(Tech News will announce this change as well.)
For details about the JavaScript-less experience, see
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Compatibility#Browsers
[0] https://caniuse.com/es6 listing browser support for ES6
[1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128115
[2]
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/05/19/the-future-of-intern…
[3]
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/internet-explore…
Yours,
--
*James D. Forrester* (he/him <http://pronoun.is/he> or they/themself
<http://pronoun.is/they/.../themself>)
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hi all,
On Thursday we will be issuing a security and maintenance release to all
supported branches of MediaWiki.
The new releases will be:
- 1.35.10
- 1.38.6
- 1.39.3
This will resolve one issue in MediaWiki core, and two issues in bundled
extensions along with bug fixes included for maintenance reasons. This
includes various patches for PHP 8.0, PHP 8.1 and PHP 8.2 support.
We will make the fixes available in the respective release branches (plus
1.40 which is currently in alpha candidate status) and master in git.
Tarballs will be available for the above mentioned point releases as well.
A summary of some of the security fixes that have gone into non-bundled
MediaWiki extensions will also follow later.
As a reminder, 1.38 is due to become end of life (EOL) in June 2023. 1.38.7
(due in June 2023 on the usual release cadence) is expected to be the last
release for this branch. It is recommended to upgrade to 1.39 (the next LTS
after 1.35).
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle
Hi Everyone,
Today, Tuesday, March 28 is the final date of submission.
We are elated to receive more than 300 program proposal submissions for
Wikimania 2023.
This is not just for onsite in Singapore. Please consider submitting a
poster session proposal or a pre-recorded video session format. We love to
see your proposals under these session formats as well!
To submit one, just click the blue button at
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions
Kind regards,
*Butch Bustria*
Event Lead, ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team
Hi Folks,
Do you want to host a session at Wikimania 2023 this August?
If you have an idea for a workshop, a discussion, a demonstration, or more, now is the time to apply!
Be part of the Wikimania 2023 program, virtually or in person.
Wikimania organizers reserved a room for the technical community from 15 August (Pre-conference) till final conference on 19 August. Plus there is a spacious Wikimania Expo space for you to do demonstrate and pitch your idea or project!
For participants joining virtually, we also have allocated online hours for you too to allow you to participate & present.
Session submissions for Wikimania 2023 are open until 28 March.
Visit the following links for further info:
Wiki page: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions
Diff post: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/02/28/be-part-of-the-wikimania-2023-program/
Program Submission Form: https://pretalx.com/wm2023/cfp
Kind regards,
Butch Bustria
Chair, Program Subcommittee
Event lead, ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team
Dear all,
today, we removed the PNG image fallback for Math rendering in LTS release 1_39
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Math/+/898882
By default, math images are fetched from Wikimedia's Restbase instance.
https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/
However, this instance will stop providing PNG images shortly.
Therefore, we recommend updating the Math extension if you expect that
your users have chosen to render formulae in PNG instead of SVG
images. According to
https://caniuse.com/svg
99.11% of all users should now be able to render SVG images.
If you render your math images locally
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math#Mathoid's_CLI_interface
you can upgrade whenever you update your local mathoid instance to a
node version > 10. The current mathoid release (0.7.6) still supports
PNG output when configured.
Please follow
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T311620
for more details on the mathoid update procedure.
All the best
physikerwelt
On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 9:33 PM Physikerwelt <wiki(a)physikerwelt.de> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> The change is scheduled to take effect on most* wikis on December 1st,
> 22. From that time, the option to render in PNG mode will no longer be
> available from the user's preferences**.
>
> All the best
>
> physikerwelt
>
> *) See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T320517 for detailed
> deployment information.
> **) https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering…
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 10:20 PM Physikerwelt <wiki(a)physikerwelt.de> wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > As discussed in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T311620, the PNG
> > rendering mode will be removed shortly. Users who selected the PNG
> > rendering mode will automatically be transferred to the new default
> > rendering mode. Please spread this information to the interested
> > communities.
> >
> > All the best
> > physikerwelt
Hey all,
This is a quick note to highlight that in six weeks' time, the REL1_40
branch will be created for MediaWiki core and each of the extensions and
skins in Wikimedia git, with some (the 'tarball') included as sub-modules
of MediaWiki itself[0]. This is the first step in the release process for
MediaWiki 1.40, which should be out in May 2023, approximately six months
after MediaWiki 1.39.
The branches will reflect the code as of the last 'alpha' branch for the
release, 1.40.0-wmf.27, which will be deployed to Wikimedia wikis in the
week beginning 13 March 2023 for MediaWiki itself and those extensions
and skins available there.
After that point, patches that land in the main development branch of
MediaWiki and its bundled extensions and skins will be slated for the
MediaWiki 1.41 release unless specifically backported[1].
If you are working on a new feature that you wish to land for the release,
you now have a few days to finish your work and land it in the development
branch; feature changes should not be backported except in an urgent case.
If your work might not be complete in time, and yet should block release
for everyone else, please file a task against the `mw-1.40-release` project
on Phabricator.[2]
If you have tickets that are already tagged for `mw-1.40-release`, please
finish them, untag them, or reach out to get them resolved in the next few
weeks.
We hope to issue the first release candidate, 1.40.0-rc.0, two weeks after
the branch point, and if all goes well, to release MediaWiki 1.40.0 a few
weeks after that.
Tyler Cipriani (he/him)
Engineering Manager, Release Engineering
Wikimedia Foundation
[0]: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bundled_extensions_and_skins>
[1]: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Backporting_fixes>
[2]: <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mw-1.40-release/>
We are pleased to announce EMWCon 2023 [0]. It will be held at the Hilton
Garden Inn Austin NW/Arboretum [1] in Austin, Texas on April 19th-21st.
Everyone who is attending is encouraged to stay at the Hilton, where we
have a special group rate of $129/night [2], this rate is available until
March 16th so please book early (and soon)! The booking is cancellable up
to 6:00pm on first night.
For those who cannot attend in person for any reason, this will be a
"hybrid" conference, with online/virtual capability via Hopin that is
intended to be as integrated into the conference as possible. All
presentations will be available on Hopin live and we are accepting talks
from remote speakers. There is no cost for online/virtual attendance.
About EMWCon: EMWCon is a three-day conference featuring discussions of
topics related to "Enterprise MediaWiki", i.e. the usage of MediaWiki
software by companies, governments, and other organizations. The intended
audience is anyone who uses, or would like to learn more about, MediaWiki.
There will be many opportunities to interact with others using and
developing MediaWiki including presentations, workshops, breakout rooms and
hackathon sessions.
To register/signup for EMWCon please add your name here [3]. To get tickets
for in-person attendance, see the Eventbrite page [4] which has an early
bird discount through March 19th. To submit a talk, please add your talk
proposal here [5], the deadline for talk submissions is April 3rd.
We hope to see you in Austin or on Hopin!
Sincerely,
The EMWCon 2023 organizing committee
* Bryan Hilderbrand (General Chair)
* Jeffrey Wang (Local Chair)
* Yaron Koren (Program Chair)
* Ike Hecht (Sponsorship Chair)
[0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2023
[1]
https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/ausaagi-hilton-garden-inn-austin-nw-arbore…
[2] https://group.hiltongardeninn.com/0w8ee1
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2023#Sign-up
[4] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emwcon-spring-2023-tickets-511004527297
[5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2023#Talks