Wikitech-l July 2019

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Upcoming Search Platform Office Hours—July 3rd
by David Causse 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

The Search Platform Team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Search_Platform> usually holds office hours the first Wednesday of each month. Come talk to us about anything related to Wikimedia search! Feel free to add your items to the Etherpad Agenda for the next meeting. Details for our next meeting: Date: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2019 Time: 15:00-16:00 GMT / 08:00-9:00 PDT / 11:00-12:00 EDT / 17:00-18:00 CEST Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/vyc-jvgq-dww *N.B.:* Google Meet System Requirements <https://support.google.com/meet/answer/7317473> Hope to talk to you in a week! —David (Trey is out this week and will be back shortly)

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Updates to the Centralized Logging Pipeline
by Cole White 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

Hear ye, hear ye! As part of the work to bring online the new logging infrastructure [0], logging directly to Logstash has been deprecated. More information about supported centralized logging interfaces can be found on wikitech [1] and a current list of applications using legacy inputs can be found in logstash [2]. Please let Filippo, Keith, or myself know if you have any questions. Sincerely, The Curators of the Log-stash [0] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Logstash#Production_Logstash_Architectu… [1] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Logstash/Interface [2] https://logstash.wikimedia.org/app/kibana#/visualize/edit/AWr_AyIG3aPtkd7Pv…

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Announcing MediaWiki 1.33.0
by Sam Reed 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

Hi all! I am happy to announce the availability of the general release of MediaWiki 1.33! Git tags have been pushed, and tarballs have been uploaded. Thanks to everyone who helped out with this release, especially thanks to those who tested out the release candidates and provided feedback, as well as the developers who worked hard to get several important fixes merged in time for the 1.33 final release. To see what's changed in 1.33, see the release notes below. MediaWiki 1.33 is due to be supported until the end of June 2020. ********************************************************************** Download: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.33/mediawiki-1.33.0.tar.gz Download without bundled extensions: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.33/mediawiki-core-1.33.0.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.33.0-rc.0): https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.33/mediawiki-1.33.0.patch.gz GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.33/mediawiki-core-1.33.0.tar.gz.… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.33/mediawiki-1.33.0.tar.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.33/mediawiki-1.33.0.patch.gz.sig Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html Release Notes https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.33

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Maintenance release: 1.31.3 and 1.32.3
by Sam Reed 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

Hi all, I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki 1.32.3 and 1.31.3. These releases primarily fixes two issues that were causing some users problems when using composer and when upgrading from older versions of MediaWiki if they were using the SQLite database backend. Some other minor fixes are also included. * (T226766) Remove jetbrains/phpstorm-stubs from composer dev dependancies. * (T202211) Fix SQLite patch-(image|page|template)links-fix-pk.sql column order. == Links to all mentioned tasks == * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T202211 * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226766 == Release notes == Full release notes for 1.31.3: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/REL1_31/RELEASE-NOTES… https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.31 Full release notes for 1.32.3: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/REL1_32/RELEASE-NOTES… https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.32 For information about how to upgrade, see <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading> ********************************************************************** Download: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-1.31.3.tar.gz Download without bundled extensions: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-core-1.31.3.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.31.2): https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-1.31.3.patch.gz GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-core-1.31.3.tar.gz.… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-1.31.3.tar.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-1.31.3.patch.gz.sig Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html ********************************************************************** Download: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-1.32.3.tar.gz Download without bundled extensions: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-core-1.32.3.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.32.2): https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-1.32.3.patch.gz GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-core-1.32.3.tar.gz.… https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-1.32.3.tar.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-1.32.3.patch.gz.sig Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html

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Wikimedia production excellence (May 2019)
by Krinkle 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

📘 Read on Phabricator at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/live/1/post/162/ ------- How’d we do in our strive for operational excellence last month? Read on to find out! ## 📊 Month in numbers * 6 documented incidents. [1] * 41 new Wikimedia-prod-error tasks created. [2] * 36 Wikimedia-prod-error tasks closed. [3] The number of incidents in May of this year was comparable to previous years (6 in May 2019, 2 in May 2018, 5 in May 2017), and previous months (6 in May, 8 in April, 8 in March) – comparisons at < https://codepen.io/Krinkle/full/wbYMZK>. To read more about these incidents, their investigations, and pending actionables; check < https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation#2019>. As of writing, there are 201 open Wikimedia-prod-error tasks (up from 186 last month). [4] ------- ## 📉 Current problems Take a look at the workboard and look for tasks that might need your help. The workboard lists known issues, grouped by the month in which they were first observed. → https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/wikimedia-production-error/ Or help someone that’s already started with their patch: → https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/pzVPXPeMfRIz/#R Breakdown of recent months (past two weeks not included): * November: 2 issues left (unchanged). * December: 1 issue got fixed. 3 issues left (down from 4). * January: 1 issue left (unchanged). * February: 2 issues left (unchanged). * March: 1 issue got fixed. 4 issues remaining (down from 5). * April: 2 issues got fixed. 12 issues remain unresolved (down from 14). * May: 10 new issues found last month survived the month of June, and remain unresolved. By steward and software component, unresolved issues from April and May: * Wikidata / Lexeme (API query fatal): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223995 * Wikidata / WikibaseRepo (API Fatal hasSlot): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225104 * Wikidata / WikibaseRepo (Diff link fatal): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224270 * Wikidata / WikibaseRepo (Edit undo fatal): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224030 * Growth / Echo (Notification storage): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217079 * Growth / Flow (Topic link fatal): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224098 * Growth / Page deletion (File pages): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222691 * Multimedia or CPT / API (Image info fatal): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221812 * CPT / PHP7 refactoring (File descriptions): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223728 * CPT / Title refactor (Block log fatal): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224811 * CPT / Title refactor (Pageview fatals): https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T224814 * ⚠️(Unstewarded) Page renaming: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223175, https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T205675 💡Ideas: To suggest an investigation to write about in a future edition, contact me by e-mail, or private message on IRC. ------- ## 🎉 Thanks! Thank you to everyone who has helped by reporting, investigating, or resolving problems in Wikimedia production. Until next time, – Timo Tijhof 🎙“It’s not too shabby is it?” ------- Footnotes: [1] Incidents. – < https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex?prefix=Incident+doc… > [2] Tasks created. – https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/fHFqxAZwk1fW/#R [3] Tasks closed. – https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/y2e1BxPmGlub/#R [4] Open tasks. – https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/47MGY8BUDvRD/#R

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Phabricator monthly statistics - 2019-06
by communitymetrics＠wikimedia.org 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Hi Community Metrics team, This is your automatic monthly Phabricator statistics mail. Accounts created in (2019-06): 316 Active Maniphest users (any activity) in (2019-06): 950 Task authors in (2019-06): 532 Users who have closed tasks in (2019-06): 274 Projects which had at least one task moved from one column to another on their workboard in (2019-06): 294 Tasks created in (2019-06): 2155 Tasks closed in (2019-06): 1713 Open and stalled tasks in total: 42298 Median age in days of open tasks by priority: Unbreak now: 2 Needs Triage: 500 High: 874 Normal: 1101 Low: 1509 Lowest: 1476 (How long tasks have been open, not how long they have had that priority) Active Differential users (any activity) in (2019-06): 1 TODO: Numbers which refer to closed tasks might not be correct, as described in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T1003 . Yours sincerely, Fab Rick Aytor (via community_metrics.sh on phab1003 at Mon Jul 1 00:00:22 UTC 2019)

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Wednesday: Technical Advice IRC Meeting
by Raz Shuty 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Sorry for cross-posting! Reminder: Technical Advice IRC meeting this week **Wednesday 3-4 pm UTC** on #wikimedia-tech. Questions can be asked in English, German, Spanish! The Technical Advice IRC Meeting (TAIM) is a weekly support event for volunteer developers. Every Wednesday, two full-time developers are available to help you with all your questions about Mediawiki, gadgets, tools and more! This can be anything from "how to get started" over "who would be the best contact for X" to specific questions on your project. If you know already what you would like to discuss or ask, please add your topic to the next meeting: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting Hope to see you there! -- Raz Shuty Engineering Manager Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Imagine a world, in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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