Wikitech-l May 2014

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List of 1.23 blockers updated
by mah＠nichework.com 27 May '14

27 May '14

There is a Bugzilla query that you can use to find the current blockers for this release: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=317367&product=MediaWiki… This reveals an additional issue that hasn't seen much attention recently: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/61092 -- Install hangs on 'Setting up database..' with php errors (due to permissions issue) Thanks, Mark. -- Mark A. Hershberger NicheWork LLC 717-271-1084

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MediaWiki 1.23 release postponed by one week
by Markus Glaser 27 May '14

27 May '14

Hi everyone, due to a blocking bug in the installer of the latest release candidate, MW 1.23.0-rc.2, we decided to release another RC before the final version as soon as a patch is available and merged. This also means, the actual release of MW 1.23.0 will be delayed by one week. New release date is Wednesday, June 4th. Best, Markus

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FlaggedRevs gone from mediawiki.org
by Chad 26 May '14

26 May '14

I've just undone the mistake I made almost 5 years ago getting FlaggedRevs turned on for mw.org with no consensus[0]. The average review time was > 58 days. There were over 50 pages pending review (I didn't bother paging) The vast majority of edits are harmless/productive and don't need review. You probably noticed me removing you from the editor and/or reviewer groups since they're unused now. Since FlaggedRevs is gone you shouldn't notice any net permission changes. -Chad [0] I'm not joking. There was a thread where there was little/no consensus. I then went on IRC and asked Brion and he said sure.

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Bugzilla Weekly Report
by reporter＠zirconium.wikimedia.org 25 May '14

25 May '14

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Shifting from PHP mailer to Swift Mailer
by Tony Thomas 25 May '14

25 May '14

Hi, While working on implementing VERP for Mediawiki[1], Nemo pointed to me, Tyler' recommendation[2] on shifting from PHP mailer to Swift Mailer[3]. Quoting Tyler's words : "PHPMailer has everything packed into a few classes, whereas Swift_Mailer actually has a separation of concerns, with classes for attachments, transport types, etc. A result of this is that PHPMailer has two different functions for embedding multimedia: addEmbeddedImage() for files and addStringEmbeddedImage() for strings. Another example is that PHPMailer supports only two bodies for multipart messages, whereas Swift_Mailer will add in as many bodies as you tell it to since a body is wrapped in its own object. In addition, PHPMailer only really supports SMTP, whereas Swift_Mailer has an extensible transport architecture, and multiple transport providers. (And there's also plugins, and monolog integration, etc". My mentors too think about it to be a nice idea, and Nemo recommended adding it to my GSoC project deliverable here ( https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VERP#Deliverables ). But, we need more community-consensus on the same as this needs to be done first, and VERP as a plugin to it, if Swift mailer needs to be done. I have opened a BZ ticket for the same ( https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63483 ). Please comment to this thread or in the BZ regarding the shift as it needs to be done for a start. The discussions we had on this till date is here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:VERP#Swift_Mailer_and_VERP__40928. [1]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VERP [2]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Requests_for_comment/Third-party_compon… [3]: http://swiftmailer.org/ Thanks, Tony Thomas <http://tttwrites.in> FOSS@Amrita <http://foss.amrita.ac.in> *"where there is a wifi,there is a way"*

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Call for Industry Presentations SEMANTiCS
by Sebastian Hellmann 24 May '14

24 May '14

Call for Industry Presentations SEMANTiCS 2014 *Transfer // Engineering // Community* 10th International Conference on Semantic Systems Leipzig, Germany September 4-5, 2014 _http <http://www.semantics.cc/>:// <http://www.semantics.cc/>www <http://www.semantics.cc/>. <http://www.semantics.cc/>semantics <http://www.semantics.cc/>. <http://www.semantics.cc/>cc <http://www.semantics.cc/> _ *Online application form*: _http <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>:// <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>bit <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>. <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>ly <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>/ <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>sem <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>14- <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>submission <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission> _ Important Dates * *Submission Deadline: *May 30, 2014 (extension considered) * *Notification of Acceptance:*June 27, 2014 * *Presentation Ready: *August 1, 2014 The *Call for Scientific Papers, Posters and Demos*at SEMANTiCS 2014 can be found here: _http <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>:// <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>www <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>. <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>semantics <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>. <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>cc <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>/ <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>open <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>- <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>calls <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>/ <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>papers <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>- <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>posters <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>- <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>demos <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/>/ <http://www.semantics.cc/open-calls/papers-posters-demos/> _*Exhibition Booth and Sponsoring:* _http://www.semantics.cc/sponsoring/ _ *The annual SEMANTiCS conference*(formerly known as I-Semantics) is the meeting place for professionals who make semantic computing work, and understand its benefits and know its limitations. Every year, SEMANTiCS attracts information managers, IT-architects, software engineers and researchers from organisations ranging from NPOs, public administrations to the largest companies in the world. Attendees learn from industry experts and top researchers about emerging trends and topics in semantic software, enterprise data, linked data & open data strategies and methodologies in knowledge modeling and text & data analytics. The SEMANTiCS community is highly diverse; attendees have responsibilities interlinking areas like knowledge management, technical documentation, e-commerce, big data analytics, enterprise search, document management, business intelligence, and enterprise vocabulary management. SEMANTiCS 2014 continues a long tradition of bringing together colleagues from around the world to present best practices, panels, papers and posters to discuss semantic systems in birds-of-a-feather sessions and informal settings. SEMANTICS addresses problems common among information managers, software engineers, IT-architects and various specialist departments working to develop, implement and/or evaluate semantic software systems. The SEMANTiCS program is a rich mix of technical talks, panel discussions of important topics, and presentations by people who make things work - just like you. In addition, attendees can network with experts in a variety of fields. These relationships provide great value to organisations as they encounter subtle technical issues. The expertise gained by SEMANTiCS attendees has a long-term impact on their careers and organisations. These factors make SEMANTiCS the major industry related event for our community. *The following 'horizontals' (topics) and 'verticals' (industries) are mainly addressed:* * Business Models, Governance & Data Strategies * Knowledge Discovery & Intelligent Search * Data Integration & Enterprise Linked Data * Big Data & Text Analytics * Data Portals & Knowledge Visualisation * Semantic Information Management * Document Management & Content Management * Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management * Industry & Engineering * Life Sciences & Health Care * Public Administration * Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums (GLAM) * Media, Publishing & Advertising * Financial & Insurance Industry * Telecommunications * Energy, Transport & Environment *Submission Guidelines* To contribute a submission for a presentation at SEMANTiCS 2014 please prepare the following: * Fill out the online application form (_http <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>:// <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>bit <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>. <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>ly <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>/ <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>sem <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>14- <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>submission <http://bit.ly/sem14-submission>_) and give us relevant information about your expertise and your professional background. (Please note: Only fully completed forms can be accepted!) * Please submit this form until May 30, 2014. In case of inquiries please do not hesitate to contact us: _industry <mailto:industry@semantics.cc>@ <mailto:industry@semantics.cc>semantics <mailto:industry@semantics.cc>. <mailto:industry@semantics.cc>cc <mailto:industry@semantics.cc>_ *The submissions should comply with the following criteria:* * Your presentation is relevant to industry and industrial purposes. It illustrates how semantic technologies / solutions contribute to or improve existing workflows and / or generate new ones. * The presented solution has already been deployed and / or has been tested in a practical environment -- at least prototypically. * Your presentation is well-structured and does bring across its message. * Topic is well described and covers enough explanations, examples, use cases, graphics, etc. * Novelty: Topic covered is new to the industry -- not necessarily new to business in general *Every submission will be reviewed by the following jury:* * Christian Dirschl, Wolters Kluwer * Mike Heininger, bee network & GfWM Austria * Andreas Blumauer, Semantic Web Company * David Worlock, http <http://www.davidworlock.com/>:// <http://www.davidworlock.com/>www <http://www.davidworlock.com/>. <http://www.davidworlock.com/>davidworlock <http://www.davidworlock.com/>. <http://www.davidworlock.com/>com <http://www.davidworlock.com/>/ <http://www.davidworlock.com/> * Thomas Kelly, Cognizant * Harald Sack, Hasso Plattner Institute * Christoph Goller, IntraFind Software AG * Helmut von Berg, Klopotek & Partner GmbH * Lars G. Svensson, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek * Brice Sommacal, PCO Innovation * Agnes Molnar, Search Explained * Kostis Kyzirakos, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Netherlands * John Callahan, ONR Global * Marius Brade, TU Dresden * Myungdae Cho, Seoul National University * Jens Mittelbach, SLUB Dresden * Ingrid Goldstein, Oxford University Press * Regimantas Liepa, Enercom Capital * Kai Holzweißig, Reutlingen University * Peter Schrödinger, Regierung von Oberbayern * Dilek Tapacu, Izmir Institute of Technology * Fabian Heinemann, Roche Diagnostics * Michael Dekner, Baxter BioScience and GfWM Austria * Thomas Orenz, Audi * Roxin Ana, University of Burgundy *Preparing your presentation* All accepted submissions will be granted a presentation slot of * *30 minutes*(25 min. Presentation + 5 min. Discussion). Please stick to this time pattern when preparing your talk. This is the only way we can guarantee a smooth and satisfying programme and allow all conference participants to attend as many slots as possible without missing important information. *Please take care to address the following aspects in your talk:* * Initial Situation /What kind of challenge did you face in the beginning oft the project? What problems were needed to be solved?/ * Approach and IT-Solution /Which approach and methodology has been chosen to tackle the problem(s)? How is your solution composed with respect to technological aspects / human aspects / organisational aspects? How do the semantic components support the process from data to knowledge?/ * Success Criteria for / Benefit of the Semantic Solution /Which factors (conscious and unconscious) have been crucial to the success of your project? Which obstacles did you face? How can you measure the benefit of your solution? How does the organisation benefit from your solution?/ * Prospects and Recommendations /What are the next steps planned in your project? Can you give recommendations with respect to development / deployment of semantic solutions within organisational / corporate settings?/ * Demo /Prepare a short demonstration of your tool / service./ In case your presentation will be accepted, we will provide you with detailed information on organisational matters according to the selection of submissions and conference participation (June 27, 2014). In case you have additional questions concerning the submission process or in general, please do not hesitate to contact us at _industry <mailto:industry@semantics.cc>@ <mailto:industry@semantics.cc>semantics <mailto:industry@semantics.cc>. <mailto:industry@semantics.cc>cc <mailto:industry@semantics.cc>_ *Your benefit* Presenters will be granted access to the entire program of the SEMANTiCS Conference (incl. all social events) at a reduced rate. Additionally, presenters will have the possibility to discuss their contributions with an interested audience and exchange ideas how semantic technologies can be utilized for corporate and business needs more effectively and successfully. Besides that, the *Industry Presentations at SEMANTiCS*generate a high visibility within the Semantics Community and allow you to meet interesting experts and extend your business network. We are looking forward to your contribution! *Sent on behalf of the SEMANTiCS Industry Chairs* *Christian Dirschl (Wolters Kluwer) and Andreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company)*

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Short Wikimedia IRC downtime - Monday June 2nd at 17:00 UTC
by Greg Grossmeier 23 May '14

23 May '14

Hello all, We have a short downtime planned for the Wikimedia IRC server coming in a couple weeks. This is irc.wikimedia.org, aka the IRC server that some bots follow as a recent changes feed. Why: We're moving the Wikimedia IRC service from the Tampa, FL datacenter to the Ashburn, VA datacenter. The new server is already in place and running. The downtime will just be people (bots) being kicked from the old server and reconnecting to the new one. Let me know if you have any questions. Greg -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | identi.ca: @greg A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |

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Roadmap and deployment updates - Week of May 26th
by Greg Grossmeier 23 May '14

23 May '14

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the WMF Engineering Roadmap and Deployment update. The full log of planned deployments next week can be found at: <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments#Week_of_May_26th> A quick list of notable items... == Monday == * No planned deploys ** US Holiday (Memorial Day) == Tuesday == * MediaWiki deploy ** group1 to 1.24wmf6: All non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, and a few other sites) ** <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/wmf6> * Flow enabled on <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Cite-from-id> == Thursday == * MediaWiki deploy ** group2 to 1.24wmf6 (all Wikipedias) ** group0 to 1.24wmf7 (test/test2/testwikidata/mediawiki) * MediaViewer ** Will be enabled on by default on all Wikisources ** <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/Media_Viewer/Release_Plan#Timeline> == Friday == * WMF Labs downtime (~10 minutes) aiming to start at 18:00 UTC ** Addition of another bound network port to the NSF server ** Check the Wikimedia Labs mailing list for any updates as the date approaches: <labs-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Thanks and as always, questions and comments welcome, Greg -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | identi.ca: @greg A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |

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Page Language selector
by Kunal Grover 23 May '14

23 May '14

Hi, I am working on developing the Page Content Language selector for core as a part of my GSoC project. Me and my mentors had some discussions and came up with these ideas. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:SPQRobin/Page_language I would like to invite everyone give their ideas and/or comments regarding the same. You can add your comments here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_talk:SPQRobin/Page_language Kunal Grover II Year B.Tech Department of Mechanical Engineering IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

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MediaWiki 1.23.0-rc.2 release candidate is out
by Markus Glaser 23 May '14

23 May '14

The second release candidate for 1.23.0 (1.23.0-rc.2) is now available for download. The changes since 1.23.0-rc.1 are as follows: * (bug 56269) Avoid uncommitted transaction notices in thumb.php and img_auth.php. * (bug 52342) Preference "Remember my login" was removed. * (bug 65434) Vector: Suppress watch star focus outline when animating it. * (bug 64289) jquery.textSelection: Don't throw errors on empty collections. * (bug 36356) Add space between two feed links. * Reverted fix for (bug 58032) "Introducing pp_sortkey." * (bug 48084) Fixed a bug in the installer that could cause $wgLogo to hold the wrong path to the placeholder logo (skins/common/images/wiki.png). * Mediawiki.api: Fix API postWithToken method. * (bug 63444) Made it possible to change the indent string (default: 4 spaces) used by FormatJson::encode(). Full release notes: https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fcore.git/1.23.0-rc.2/RELEASE-NOT… https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.23 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.23/mediawiki-core-1.23.0-rc.2.tar… http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.23/mediawiki-1.23.0-rc.2.tar.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.23/mediawiki-core-1.23.0-rc.2.tar… http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.23/mediawiki-1.23.0-rc.2.tar.gz.s… Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html Markus Glaser (Release Team)

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