Wikitech-l June 2020

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Online workshop on writing wikidata queries - June 21 2020 - 9 AM IST
by Shrinivasan T 20 Jun '20

20 Jun '20

Hello all, This is a reminder that the "Writing Wikidata queries" workshop is coming up! It will take place this Sunday, June 21st at 9 am IST on the Zoom platform: https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/99498586419 More details of the workshop are here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWT_Indic_Workshop_Series_2020/Workshops#Wr… . Remember to bring a computer with you as hands-on activities will be a part of this workshop. We look forward to your participation! :) Cheers, SWT Indic Workshop Series Team

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Newby dev question: extension configuration variable
by Krabina Bernhard 19 Jun '20

19 Jun '20

Hi, in my first attempt at jumping into improving a mediawiki extension, I am failing at a very basic step. I want to make the extension configurable and followed this advice: [ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_for_developers | https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_for_developers ] this is my extension.json I added: "config": { "ShariffServices": { "value": "["twitter","facebook","pinterest"]", "description": "configuration of available services" } }, "ConfigRegistry": { "Shariff": "GlobalVarConfig::newInstance" }, now in the baisc PHP file of the extension, I am trying use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices; $config = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getConfigFactory()->makeConfig( 'Shariff' ); $services = $config->get ('Services'); but the last line leads to [XtqcaewKU0Q3UCukKmZO9AAAABM] /index.php?title=Main_Page Error from line 3061 of ../includes/parser/Parser.php: Call to a member function matchStartAndRemove() on null Backtrace: #0 ..includes/parser/Preprocessor_DOM.php(1277): Parser->braceSubstitution(array, PPFrame_DOM) #1 ../includes/parser/Parser.php(2942): PPFrame_DOM->expand(DOMElement, integer) #2 ../includes/parser/Parser.php(701): Parser->replaceVariables(string, PPFrame_DOM) #3 ../includes/parser/Parser.php(4717): Parser->preprocess(string, Title, ParserOptions) #4 ../includes/cache/MessageCache.php(1089): Parser->transformMsg(string, ParserOptions, Title) #5 ../includes/Message.php(1273): MessageCache->transform(string, boolean, LanguageEn, Title) #6 ../includes/Message.php(874): Message->transformText(string) #7 ../includes/Message.php(934): Message->toString(string) #8 ../includes/OutputPage.php(902): Message->text() #9 /../includes/OutputPage.php(949): OutputPage->setHTMLTitle(Message) #10 ../includes/OutputPage.php(2424): OutputPage->setPageTitle(string) #11 /../includes/exception/MWExceptionRenderer.php(128): OutputPage->prepareErrorPage(string) #12 ../includes/exception/MWExceptionRenderer.php(54): MWExceptionRenderer::reportHTML(ConfigException) #13 ../includes/exception/MWExceptionHandler.php(75): MWExceptionRenderer::output(ConfigException, integer) #14 ../includes/exception/MWExceptionHandler.php(149): MWExceptionHandler::report(ConfigException) #15 ../includes/MediaWiki.php(551): MWExceptionHandler::handleException(ConfigException) #16 ../index.php(42): MediaWiki->run() #17 {main} What am I doing wrong? As far is I understand it, using DefaultSettings.php is outdated, we should be using extension.json. But I can't get it to work. Can anybody point me to a simple extension that uses this mechanism correctly? so long, Bernhard

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by Sarah Ali 18 Jun '20

18 Jun '20

am Sarah Ali recently graduated. Actually I am working on a project where I need to settle mediawiki using CHAMELEON skin. I did everything like settle every directory and created extensions. Everything is done and working perfectly but I am facing a problem which is the last thing of my work. "NAVBAR". as i told chameleon skin has its own navbar with one drop down menu in it attaching "CAPTURE " i am unable to add the other two drop down menus. i just need it to be like "CAPTURE 2". As i am a Computer science graduate i can handle php and javascript but the thing is i couldn't find the file where i need to add code. i used inspect element and tried to find that specific class in the whole skin folder.i tried every single thing for that but i am really helpless i need your help. waiting for your favorable response Regards Saarah

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TechCom Radar 2020-06-17
by Alexandra Paskulin 18 Jun '20

18 Jun '20

Hi all, Here are the minutes from this week's TechCom meeting: * Moved from Phase 2 (Resourcing) to Phase 3 (Explore): Consolidate language metadata into a 'language-data' library and use in MediaWiki < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T190129> * Discussed: Should HookRunner be in the service container? < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254271> * Discussed: RFC Hybrid extension management < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T250406> * On last call until June 24, 2020 at 20:00 UTC (13:00 PDT, 22:00 CEST): Remove IE 8 from basic support <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248061> * No public RFC discussion next week You can also find our meeting minutes at <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Committee/Minutes> See also the TechCom RFC board <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-rfcs/>. If you prefer you can subscribe to our newsletter here <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Newsletter:TechCom_Radar> -- Alex Paskulin Technical Writer Wikimedia Foundation

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Tool to "convert" timezones for international online events
by Michael Schönitzer 18 Jun '20

18 Jun '20

Hi, due to the global health crisis we nowadays have more online events. This allows for people around the globe to participate but also means easier handling different timezones is more important. Since Wikimedians love to organize and schedule their events onwiki, often on Meta-Wiki, I wrote a tiny userscript and template that allows organizers to set up the conference program with UTC times and users can see them in their local timezone and local date format. It's of course also usable for all other kinds of pages. It works and is useable but so far still in my user namespace: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Michael_Sch%C3%B6nitzer_(WMDE)/timezon… As the next step I would like to move it to the main namespace on meta and convert it to a gadget. (Later it could be copied to other Wikis, when needed.) Before that I wanted to ask for feedback. Is this something you would use? Is there anything esential missing, can you see any negative side effects, or would you like it to be renamed before people start using it? Looking forward to hearing from you. Cheers, M PS: The great idea for this gadget is from Léa Lacroix. -- *M. F. Schönitzer* Community Communication Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissen der Menschheit teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de 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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[Train] Risky change template
by Tyler Cipriani 18 Jun '20

18 Jun '20

Hi all! A pattern of adding a note on the train-blocker phab task[0] for risky changes has recently emerged. Folks on RelEng have found this information useful, and we would like to codify this, encouraging developers to continue this pattern. We've added a page to Wikitech, with a template to use for these kinds of changes[1]. If you're worried about the production impact of a patch you've written and would like to ensure that folks who will be deploying it are aware, please use our fancy new template and reply on the train blocker task. Thanks! -- Tyler [0]: <https://train-blockers.toolforge.org/> (<3 this tool) [1]: <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Risky_change_template>

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scap sync --canary-wait-time option (new)
by Lars Wirzenius 18 Jun '20

18 Jun '20

The 3.14.0 release of Scap (current version) added the --canary-wait-time option to the sync subcommand (which the next version of Scap will rename to sync-world). This sets the time how long Scap waits for code to run on canary servers. The default is 20 seconds, but if that is too long or too short, you can now adjust it. As usual, please use carefully. Don't shorten the time just to make your deployment go faster. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T217924 -- WMF release engineering team | he/him or they/them "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge."

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Scrum of scrums/2020-06-17
by Željko Filipin 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

Hi, for HTML version see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Scrum_of_scrums/2020-06-17 Željko -- = 2020-06-17 = == Callouts == * Release Engineering ** [All] Review guidance at [[wikitech:Deployments/Covid-19]] and Code Deployment Office Hour at 17:00UTC in #wikimedia-office ** "scap sync" will be renamed to "scap sync-world" in the next release. If you use "scap sync" non-interactively, please add a note to: [[phab:T250302]] (and also, explain why you're using it) == Product == === iOS native app === * Updates: ** Bug fix 6.6.1 release in beta testing [[phab:project/view/4574]] ** Beginning early development and research on new experiments for 6.7 [[phab:project/view/4661]] === Android native app === * Updates: ** Continuing to develop enhanced contribution history screen. === Web === * Updates: ** '''Summary''': continuing content width limiting for Desktop Improvements Project (DIP), scaffolding and identifying a component baseline for Vue.js search. ** [[Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements|Desktop Improvements Project (Vector / DIP)]]: *** [[phab:T254048|<nowiki>Render the FallbackSkin and SkinApi with a simplistic SkinMustache class</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T254546|<nowiki>Language portlet no longer at the bottom of sidebar</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T253938|<nowiki>Future proof addPortletLink</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T246419|<nowiki>Build collapsible sidebar and sidebar button </nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T240622|<nowiki>[Technical debt payoff] Remove InlineDiffFormatter and InlineDifferenceEngine from MobileFrontend</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T255073|<nowiki>Duplicate <div id="mw-content-text" ...> in Vector HTML output</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T251212|<nowiki>[Dev] Drop VectorTemplate usage in Vector</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T244276|<nowiki>Add bandwidth tests for JavaScript and CSS to Vector and component repo</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T60137|<nowiki>Deprecate the SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec hook</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T246420|<nowiki>Limit content width, and refine alignment & styling of relevant elements</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T244392|Vue.js search case study]]: **** See [[Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Vue.js case study/Status log|weekly status updates]]. ** Mobile website (MinervaNeue / MobileFrontend): *** [[phab:T234570|<nowiki>Tech debt: Drop Browser.supportsAnimations method</nowiki>]] === UI Standardization === * Updates: ** Link :focus standardization part of Design Style Guide ** OOUI v0.39.2 in preparation == Technology == === Fundraising Tech === * Updates: ** More work on employer matching gifts ** Missed backport window for CentralNotice update, will try again next week ** Improving efficiency of data export to bulk mail provider. === Engineering Productivity === ==== Release Engineering ==== * Updates: ** [All] Deployments/Covid-19 [[wikitech:Deployments/Covid-19]] ** Train Health *** Last week: 1.35.0-wmf.36 - [[phab:T254173]] *** This week: 1.35.0-wmf.37 - [[phab:T254174]] *** Next week: 1.35.0-wmf.38 - [[phab:T254175]]

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Looking for reviewer for the fix of too small font-size in New Wikitext Editor with Timeless skin
by Aron Manning 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

Hello all! I've been looking for a reviewer for the fix of the wrong font-size in the New Wikitext Editor with Timeless skin for >2 months. Somebody who favors the Timeless skin could look at it? Patch to be merged: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/skins/Timeless/+/578568 This - second - fix applies to both 2010 and 2017 WTE and adjusts the monospace font-size appropriately to be compatible with sans and serif fonts. Test results: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247325#6049054 My first fix only applied to the 2010 wikitext editor (aka. editing toolbar). See test results: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247325#6034393 Thank you in advance, if you invest the time to improve this part of the user experience. Demian

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Backport and Config changes window (name change)
by Greg Grossmeier 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

Hello everyone, Until today if you wanted to get a backport or config change deployed to production you used what was termed the "SWAT" window. As of today that window of time is now called the "Backport and Config" window. This solves a few problems. First, the overly militarized and violence-implying name is no longer something we want in our community. Second, this now accurately and clearly describes what the purpose of the window is. This should now be changed everywhere including the Deployment Calendar[0], but if you see any errant mentions of it in documentation, please feel free to update it (WP:BOLD) or contact the Wikimedia Release Engineering Team. Thank you, Greg [0] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | Dir. Engineering Productivity A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |

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