Hi everyone,

tl;dr: To fit in compatiblity fixes for iOS 8, we're dropping some of our planned iOS work from this sprint.

iOS 8 comes out on Tuesday 9th September, right in the middle of our current sprint. Unlike on Android, it's a well acknowledged pattern that iOS users are prolific OS upgraders, so we can expect a significant portion of our user base to migrate to iOS 8 within days of the release.

We've discovered a number of compatibility issues between the app and iOS 8. Vibha, Monte and I met to discuss these, and we agreed that having fixes for these in the iOS app is a top priority. This makes these issues a "drop everything we're doing to fix them" situation. Kristen and I have yet to figure out what planned work we need to drop from the current sprint to make up for the extra work, and we're going to figure that out once we've got all the issues documented in cards.

Vibha and I are going to do some more comprehensive testing of previously identified pain points for cross-version compatibility (e.g. search), and any additional issues we identify will also be prioritised relative to our current work.

To see what we're working on iOS 8 compatibility wise, go to the sprint 39 Trello board, and apply the red "iOS 8 compatibility" filter which we've added specially to track these issues.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks,

Dan

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Dan Garry

Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps

Wikimedia Foundation