Wikitech-l April 2013

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GSoC 2013: Improve support for book structures
by Gorilla Warfare 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Hi! I'm Molly White, or GorillaWarfare on the WMF projects. I'm planning to submit a proposal to the WMF for this summer's Google Summer of Code (and probably also the Outreach Program for Women) and was hoping to get some feedback. See my proposal at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:GorillaWarfare/Proposal. I would like to improve support for projects (like Wikisource and Wikibooks) that have content that's structured as a book and not as an article. I plan to do this by working on the existing BookManager extension. It's currently unstable and very much in development, so there's a lot of room for improvement. Do you have any feedback, concerns, suggestions, etc.? Do you think the project is feasible for GSoC? Thanks, Molly White

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Sort on category
by Small M 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Hello, Are there any plans to have a tool that would allow to dynamically sort content based on category? Single category views, especially for large categories, aren't particularly helpful. Something similar to what Microsoft's pivot demo had? An HTML5 example at: http://pivot.lobsterpot.com.au/pass2012.htm -Small

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Proposal for merging now: (bug 38783) add git HEAD date to Special:Version for core and extensions
by Thomas Gries 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

RE: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/54986/ code working live on http://openid-wiki.instance-proxy.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Version Ready for merge into core. Can some please merge, thanks. I invested a lot of efforts to fix (implement) "add git HEAD commit date to Special:Version for core and extensions" and deeply wish that I can stop my daily rebasing .. that it will become part of the core. Can someone please merge, thanks. The code fulfilly all requirements, and has now the correct code in Installer.php for testing the presence of git or git.exe, which is definitely required to obtain the correct commit date, which cannot otherwise fetched from the git objects. Tom

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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wiktionary-l] [Commons-l] Advice Needed
by Rahul Maliakkal 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

The whole idea is project specific,we are not converting to wav, but since its the only format that browsers can easily upload in for the time being. Thanks On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:26 AM, Sebastian Hellmann < hellmann(a)informatik.uni-leipzig.de> wrote: > You didn't include the list in your reply. > What about: http://firefogg.org/ ? > -- Sebastain > > Am 10.04.2013 23:41, schrieb Rahul Maliakkal: > > The point is not about efficiency rather the only format that browsers can > presently capture into. As browsers add support for AAC converting / > uploads, then we will prefer that. > > Thanks > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:52 AM, Sebastian Hellmann < > hellmann(a)informatik.uni-leipzig.de> wrote: > >> Well, I guess this should be researched quite well, before investing >> time in this feature: >> >> WAV >> >> WAVEform audio format <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV> (WAV) is a >> Microsoft <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft> and IBM<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM> audio >> file format <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_format> for storing >> audio on PCs. It is the main format used on Microsoft Windows<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows>systems for raw audio storage. The WAV format is most commonly used with an >> uncompressed, lossless storage method (pulse-code modulation) resulting in >> comparatively large audio files. Today, the WAV audio format is no longer >> popular being superseded by other more efficient means of audio storage. >> [19]<http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards/Comparison_of_File_Formats…> >> >> >> from >> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards/Comparison_of_File_Formats… >> >> So who wants "wav" files actually, they are normally very large as well. >> >> The legal status is not so obvious. Maybe you even need a lawyer to judge >> this correctly. >> Again, is .wav really so popular, that it justifies the effort? >> >> All the best, >> Sebastian >> >> >> >> Am 10.04.2013 19:40, schrieb Federico Leva (Nemo): >> >> Rahul Maliakkal, 10/04/2013 19:27: >> >> As we all know right now uploading an audio file is only possible in >> .ogg format. >> >> In my GSOC project , i plan on adding *.wav support* to commons ,since >> its not patent encumbered i think it should be fine >> >> >> Context: "Pronunciation Recording Extension" >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rahul21/Gsoc >> >> I would like to get the communities feedback on this. >> >> >> Is the reason that the dependencies you found all require this format? >> >> Nemo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiktionary-l mailing list >> Wiktionary-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiktionary-l >> >> >> >> -- >> Dipl. Inf. Sebastian Hellmann >> Department of Computer Science, University of Leipzig >> Projects: http://nlp2rdf.org , http://linguistics.okfn.org , >> http://dbpedia.org/Wiktionary , http://dbpedia.org >> Homepage: http://bis.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/SebastianHellmann >> Research Group: http://aksw.org >> > > > > -- > Dipl. Inf. Sebastian Hellmann > Department of Computer Science, University of Leipzig > Projects: http://nlp2rdf.org , http://linguistics.okfn.org , > http://dbpedia.org/Wiktionary , http://dbpedia.org > Homepage: http://bis.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/SebastianHellmann > Research Group: http://aksw.org >

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New git-review version revives year-old bug
by Roan Kattouw 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

About a year ago, we were struggling with a git-review bug that caused lots of bogus warnings to appear. When running "git review", you'd get a warning saying you're about to submit multiple commits, followed by a list of lots of other people's commits that have already been merged. I fixed this in https://review.openstack.org/#/c/6741/ last year. This bug is now back in the latest release of git-review that came out over the weekend. I complained about this at https://review.openstack.org/#/c/20450/ , which is the change that reintroduced the broken behavior. We are suffering from it disproportionately because we have defaultrebase=0 set on most of our projects, and the bug only triggers when rebasing is disabled (using either that setting or the -R flag). The workaround is the same as last year: if git-review complains and you see bogus commits in the list, respond "no" to abort, run "git fetch gerrit", then rerun git-review. This will ensure git-review has an up-to-date view of the remote master. Roan

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Motivation for working on a free software project
by Luis Miguel Sinusía 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Hello, I'm a student of a master in free software in Spain. For performing a academic work, I ask for your cooperation by answering the following questions: 1. - In what ways began collaborating in an open source project? 2. - What is your motivation to participate in a free software project: social motivation, technological, economic, etc? 3. - In their collaborations, which is the project you found more motivated? 4. - What do you think is the main reason that generally has the other contributors? 5. - Do you think your participation in open source projects will help improve your future career? 6. - Do you think in the future continue to work on open source projects? or in Spanish: 1.- ¿De que manera comenzó a colaborar en un proyecto de software libre? 2.- ¿Cual es su motivacion para participar en un proyecto de software libre: motivacion social, tecnologica, economica, etc? 3.- Dentro de sus colaboraciones, ¿en que proyecto se ha encontrado más motivado? 4.- ¿Cual cree que es la principal motivación que en general tiene el resto de colaboradores? 5.- ¿Cree que su participación en proyectos de software libre le ayudara a mejorar su futuro profesional? 6.- ¿Piensa en un futuro seguir colaborando en proyectos de software libre? In advance, thank you very much.

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Sponsoring travel to Wikimedia Hackathon
by Quim Gil 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Hi, you have probably heard about Wikimedia Hackathon 24-26 May in Amsterdam (Netherlands) http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013 There are about 100 participants registered, and we have some room for more. Registration is free but you need to sign up. There is also some travel sponsorship budget left after a first round of approvals. If your free software contributions and your Wikimedia love is more valuable than the money you have in the bank, you can just register and apply for scholarship. Please include public URLs where we can see your open source licensed contributions (code, pixels, wise words...). A CV alone won't cut it, no matter how many avatars appear to endorse your skills. Hurry up! The organizers are reviewing applications as they come. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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test gossip
by Sumana Harihareswara 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

A few things I learned recently by gossiping with WMF quality assurance people: We're deploying fresh code to the beta cluster ~50 times a day, or maybe even more often! https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/status:merged+project:%255Emediawiki.*+-… shows merged code to MediaWiki core & extensions -- on every merge or every few minutes, we update the code on http://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/ and all the other beta cluster sites. So right now, beta is the best target for automated browser tests, but because of some configuration issues, http://test2.wikipedia.org/ is the best target for manual/exploratory testing. When you're writing automated browser tests (good setup instructions: https://github.com/wikimedia/qa-browsertests ), "feature files" are a plain-English communication tool; step definitions are where the magic happens. So, in features/ , there's step_definitions/ with .rb files, each corresponding to a feature file. Look through those for some idea of the neat stuff we can do these days. If you want ideas for useful automated browser tests to write, try looking at recently fixed bugs. That way we'll catch regressions. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation

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Fwd: Commons App v1.0 beta6 released
by Yuvi Panda 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Spamming wikitech-l, which might possibly care more than mobile-l. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yuvi Panda <yuvipanda(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:43 AM Subject: Commons App v1.0 beta6 released To: mobile-l <mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello! New beta release of commons app went out today! Features of v1.0 beta 7 include: - Added opt out from EventLogging - Remove {{Uncategorized}} template after adding categories - Be more consistent and proactive in syncing modifications (adding categories) - Add a minimal About page - Add option to send feedback via email from within the app - i18n updates There is no major new feature, just a bunch of bug fixes and minor features. Bug reports welcome at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Commons%20App (pick the Android component). The apps team uses Trello to organize our work, you can look at the board for our current iteration at https://trello.com/board/sprint-6/5162461b43476994540002ba Pull requests welcome at https://github.com/wikimedia/android-commons Thank you! This mail brought to you by the vague feeling that this list feels lonely and has abandonment issues. -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog

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Proposing topics for Tech Talks and meetups
by Quim Gil 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Hi, We have sorted out the calendar of Tech Talks and Wikipedia Engineering meetups, dancing to the rhythm marked by the WMF Metrics and Activities meeting: 1st Thursday of the month: Metrics meeting. 2nd Thursday: Wikipedia Engineering meetup. 3rd Thursday: Tech Talk. This is now reflected at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Calendar Please propose topics you are missing or would like to see discussed in more detail. We will do our best finding speakers and slots. Proposing topics via email is fine, but it's even better if you do it at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Meetings -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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