Wikitech-l October 2013

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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Design] Should MediaWiki CSS prefer non-free fonts?
by Steven Walling 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Jared Zimmerman < jared.zimmerman(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > We have an action item to change the order from the free fonts that are > visually similar to the specified non-free fonts, I don't think* that this > will change the experience for user without those fonts but we'd have to do > some testing, it really comes down to if we specify Helvetica Neue, and a > particular system thinks that should match a different free font than the > one we thought was a best match. > Just to confirm: I did a quick test, and it appears that on OSX (10.9) Chrome and Firefox interpret font family settings the same using the order Tim suggested. So the output is still Georgia headings and Helvetica Neue body. One question... it seems like specifying Helvetica regular and Neue is slightly redundant. Is there are reason we don't cut Helvetica regular from the list? -- Steven Walling, Product Manager https://wikimediafoundation.org/

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RC for Mediawiki 1.22: 1.22.0rc0
by Mark A. Hershberger 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

We've put together an RC for 1.22.0. Please test the tarball and report any bugs you find on Bugzilla: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ Full release notes: https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fcore.git/tags/1.22.0rc0/RELEASE-… https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.22 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.22/mediawiki-1.22.0rc0.tar.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.22/mediawiki-core-1.22.0rc0.tar.g… http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.22/mediawiki-1.22.0rc0.tar.gz.sig Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html

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Filtering out bugs that wait for a response
by Petr Bena 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Hi, is there any possible technical way to make a filter in bugzilla that filter out bugs that are waiting for a response from bug opener (OP)? I suppose there could be either a keyword or something like WAITING-FOR-RESPONSE but in that case it would need to be removed by hand when OP respond. Or there could be a condition that filter out bugs where OP doesn't have last comment? Or probably it would be best to combine both, keyword and check if OP has last comment. But not really sure if that is even possible. Any ideas? It would help to simplify some of my bug lists which are typically full of bugs where I am just waiting for someone to respond to a question but which I can't close now.

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What's the prefered way to contribute patches to Pediapress' mwlib?
by Strainu 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Hi, I have some patches for Extension:Collection, which actually apply to mwlib. While the php code seems to reside on the wikimedia servers, mwlib is on github. Should I attach them to a corresponding bug on bugzilla.wikimedia.org, or should I open a pull request on github? Thanks, Strainu

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OPW project: redesigning mediawiki.org homepage?
by Quim Gil 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

I'm thinking of proposing the redesign of the mediawiki.org homepage as a FOSS Outreach Program for Women [1] project. I could act as co-mentor with the help of someone else. The RFC process held so far [2] would serve as a source of feedback, but the project would imply basically a restart. The progress of the project would be public and anybody could chip in and have their say. If there is agreement overall, we would aim to substitute the current homepage or implement changes progressively. If there is a strong lack of consensus that no OPW intern will fix, we would continue the exercise as a prototype, and at the end of the internship the mentors would take the responsibility to drive the project until its implementation. What do you think? Any volunteers to co-mentor? Please reply here or at the RFC Talk page. Thank you! [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_for_Women/Round_7 [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/MediaWiki.org_Main_Page… -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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More TLS Problems
by Tyler Romeo 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

About time another issue with TLS popped up. Thought I'd share it here: http://bit-player.org/2013/the-keys-to-the-keydom *-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science

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Visualising CSS debt - cleaning up our messy codebase
by Jon Robson 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

I think we are all in agreement that the CSS in MediaWiki is a mess but it's not clear how to solve the mess. I think I've created a useful bit of JS to visualise this mess and make a path to solving it clearer. If you visit: http://jonrobson.me.uk/lsg/ You will see in the dropdown mediawiki vector styles. This is a CSS file I created by manually concatenating all CSS files loaded by default on desktop. When visualised you see a lot of interesting things: 1) We have 6 ways of describing modal windows that take up the full screen (click 6 times on that demo to delete these 6 rules and see the stuff underneath) * .fullscreen * .modal_editor * #guider_overlay * .mw-fullscreen-overlay * .mwEmbedPlayer * .ui-widget-overlay' 2) We have 4 slightly different ways of describing a blue button * body .ui-button.ui-button-blue * .mw-ui-button.mw-ui-primary * .guider_button * button.button.blue 3) There are 13 different CSS rules for creating a pdf icon next to a link I've also added mobile styles and styles introduced by visual editor and if you compare those to the desktop one you'll see we have even more inconsistencies. I encourage you to dig into these styles and notice similarities and help us fix this mess! I'd suggest we start moving the common styles into a common library in MediaWiki core and change all our extensions to make use of the same class names. It's a big job but I think we can get this. This script is still very much a proof of concept so if anyone is interested in improving the visualisation I'd encourage you to send me a pull request on github :)

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OAuth - breaking change in special page names
by Chris Steipp 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hi all, I've just merged https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/91500/, which changes the names of all of the OAuth special pages from MWOAuth to just OAuth. That means starting Thursday[0], any OAuth consumers will need to use Special:OAuth/initiate instead of MWOAuth, etc. I don't anticipate us doing many breaking changes in the OAuth exchange. Since we currently only have 1 approved (non-demo/test) application, we felt it was better to do this now, instead of waiting and having to coordinate with more developers. [0] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap

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Help on Research
by Igor Steinmacher 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hello My name is Igor Steinmacher and I am a Research Scholar at University of California, Irvine. I am conducting a research aiming at finding how to support new contributors during their first steps in the project. My final goal is to verify what kind of tooling is appropriate to support the newcomers overcoming their difficulties when they are willing to contribute to the project. The first step of my research is to find out what are the main obstacles and difficulties faced by these newcomers. My goal is to hear from the community itself, interviewing new contributors and core members. By having the information regarding the main problems, I will start figuring out which mechanisms can be applied to provide the support. I will keep the anonymity of interviewers and I have the commitment to publish/return the results of myresearch to the community. I need your help answering my interview. We will conduct the interviews via textual chat, and we can schedule it at the time that fits better for you. Please send me a private email if you are interested in supporting my research. I also request your help reaching out core contributors so that I can gather the best information. The data will help gain insights about newcomer issues, and allow us to propose initiatives to alleviate the problems faced by newcomers, as a tentative to retain them. To volunteer you must be 18 years or older, be English speaking, and have experience in software development. Feel free to contact me in case you have any doubt or question regarding myresearch or the interview process. Thanks in advance -- Igor Fabio Steinmacher Visiting Scholar in Dept of Informatics at UCI (http://www.informatics.uci .edu/) Faculty in Dept. of Computing at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

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Engineering Community Team October Showcase, Tue 29
by Quim Gil 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hi, tomorrow Tuesday the Engineering Community Team is organizing the first monthly showcase of completed tasks. You are all invited. The video stream will be available later on as well. The meeting will start at 16:00 UTC [1] via Google Hangout. Use #wikimedia-dev on IRC to send your questions & feedback. The agenda with links and more details is available at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Engineering_Community_Team/Meetings#2013-10-… [1] Be careful, Summer/Winter timezone combinations are messy these days: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20131029T09&p1=224… -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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