Mobile-l April 2014

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mobile beta labs unreachable
by Ryan Kaldari 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

http://en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/ has been giving me a 503 all morning. I really need to be able to use it since we are deploying a change this week that is specifically related to the cluster configuration (specifically overriding the licensing messaging to support dual licensing for the WMF projects). Bug filed: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63315 Ryan Kaldari

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Following up on the mysterious bad filename bug (62241)
by Ryan Kaldari 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

I'm going to be gone for the next couple weeks on vacation, but I want to make sure that someone follows up on further investigating bug 62241. Now that the debugging code has been merged, some time next week there will be a new debugging log that should help us solve this bug. The believe the new debugging log will be created as: /a/mw-log/upload.log on fluorine For now, this log will only be recording bad filename errors (both on desktop and mobile). It should include enough information to figure out why the badfilename error was triggered, although you may need to refer to the UploadBase class to decipher it. If you have any questions about this, please let me know by the end of today. Ryan Kaldari

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zap MobileFrontend privacy link via LocalSetttings.php
by 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

In MobileFrontend I wish to remove the 'Privacy' link at the bottom of all mobile view pages. Can I do that somehow via $wgMFRemovableClasses in my single LocalSetttings.php, rather than having to put a '-' in a MediaWiki namespace page on each of my wiki family members?

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Experiences with the pre-review hook
by Jon Robson 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

We introduced a pre-review hook in mobile that makes it hard for you to submit new code when there is existing code to review (check out [1] if you are interested) The problem I find is it tells _me_ to do code review, but all the patches belong to me so I can't review them. I can poke people and ask them to review it, but this usually isn't fruitful as it results in "I'll do that later" or "I'm busy right now". I feel that the pre-review hook is making me aware of other people's patches more often but I've had to force override it a few times like just now when I've found that I own all the existing patches (as I'm scared I'll lose the patch or forget about the patch otherwise). This actually has had the effect on me of investing time in other projects like data analysis, mailing list discussions, coding on VectorBeta, Limn and core rather than concentrating my energy on MobileFrontend. I also feel reluctant to pick up new cards to work on when I'm in this limbo state as I don't want to overwhelm the code review queue or end up managing various patches that might conflict with each other. I feel like I've contributed less to the MobileFrontend project as a result - not sure if this is a good or a bad thing. That said it is certainly a frustrating thing for me as I want to work on it more... Something to think about. [1] http://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FMobileFrontend/f7320…

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org-linux-firefox - Build # 464 - Still Failing!
by Jon Robson 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

ConfirmEdit extension has run out of captcha images. That needs to be reconfigured. 'Terms of use' became 'Terms of Use' (title case) - not sure what happened there - Kaldari do you have any ideas - is this related to your message changes? Loading pages tests failed due to 503s on beta labs Watchlist tests are still waiting for https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/120938to be merged VisualEditor is indeed broken due to a Parsoid error.

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What is the use of param 'agent' in action=zeroconfig?
by Yuvi Panda 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

Hello! While working on https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/123117/ I encountered the parameter 'agent' in action=zeroconfig API call, which is part of the extension providing Wikipedia Zero. I was trying to figure out what it does, and the most I got was this documentation that says: agent - When setting type to message, include a source agent value as well Default: which is totally unclear :) Can someone who works on Zero stuff clarify? Also what is the default value? Is it the current user-agent? If not, why not? Thanks! -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog

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Fwd: Diff views for the colorblind
by Jon Robson 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

We are considering changing the colours in the diff page view for mobile. Previously Vibha and Munaf had explored this (see results below). Have we run similar tests for the new colours on the diff page? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Munaf Assaf <massaf(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:21 PM Subject: Diff views for the colorblind To: Jon Robson <jrobson(a)wikimedia.org> Cc: Vibha Bamba <vbamba(a)wikimedia.org>, Maryana Pinchuk < mpinchuk(a)wikimedia.org> Vibha and I tested these settings out and they work pretty well. [image: Inline image 1]

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updating the page about apps at translatewiki.net
by Amir E. Aharoni 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

Hi, The page about translating the apps at translatewiki.net is quite outdated: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:WikipediaMobile It still mentions PhoneGap. It would be nice if anybody could update them with particular tips about translating for Android and iOS. Thanks! -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

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