Hi,
The latest technical newsletter is now available at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/26%3E. Below is the English version.
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Latest *tech news https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News* from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2019/26 are available.
*Problems*
- The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/wmf.10 of MediaWiki for last week was not fully released due to issues. It was removed from most wikis on Tuesday and from test wikis on Thursday. [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092212.html - Most wikis were slow and then briefly read-only last week due to one of the database servers having a problem. It is now replaced. [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225981
*Changes later this week*
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/wmf.11 of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 June. It will be on all wikis from 27 June (calendar https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/Roadmap).
*Meetings*
- You can watch or join the next Wikimedia Language showcase https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092210.html. It will be about the usage of Machine Translation in Wikimedia projects. The showcase will be on 26 June at 13:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190626T13. A recording will be kept for later viewing. - [image: Recurrent item] [image: Advanced item] You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 26 June at 15:00 (UTC) https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190626T15. See how to join https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting.
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//Johan Jönsson