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Re: [Wikitech-l] Pywikibot example to add or update template
by Hogan (US), Michael C 10 Jun '20

10 Jun '20

Pavel, thank you. That's a great example! -Michael H.

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Pywikibot example to add or update template parameters on a page
by Hogan (US), Michael C 10 Jun '20

10 Jun '20

Can anyone recommend an example or tutorial that demonstrates how to use Pywikibot for template parameter maintenance? Given a page title, I'd like to: (1) look for a template on the page, (2) add the template if it's missing, (3) set template parameters to specified values. Thank you! -Michael H.

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[reminder] Pywikibot will end Python 2 support in July!
by Martin Urbanec 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

As the last release of Python 2 is finally out, the July release of Pywikibot is going to be the **last release that supports Python 2**. Support of Python 3.4 and MediaWiki older than 1.19 is also going to be dropped. After this release, Pywikibot is not going to receive any further patches and bug fixes related to those Python and MediaWiki versions. Functions and other stuff specific to Python 3.4, Python 2.x or MediaWiki older than 1.19 will be removed. For your convenience, this release is marked with a "python2" git tag and it is also the last 3.0.x release. In case you really need it, the Pywikibot team created /shared/pywikibot/core_python2 repository in Toolforge and a python2-pywikibot package in software repositories of some operating systems. The Pywikibot team strongly recommends that you migrate your scripts from Python 2 to Python 3. The migration steps were described in the previous message, which can be found here: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/pywikibot/2020-January/009976.html Detailed plan of Python 2 deprecation with dates is described here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/Compatibility If you encounter any problems with the migration, you can always ask us here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T242120 Best regards, Pywikibot team

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[Train] 1.35.0-wmf.36 status update
by Jeena Huneidi 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

The 1.35.0-wmf.36 version of MediaWiki is blocked[0]. The new version can proceed no further until these issues are resolved: * Undefined indexes: start and end in includes/TimedMediaHandler.php +392 - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254824 Once these issues are resolved train can resume. If these issues are resolved on a Friday the train will resume Monday. Thank you for your help resolving these issues! -- Your humble train toiler [0]. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T254824 [1]. <https://tools.wmflabs.org/versions/> -- Jeena Huneidi Software Engineer, Release Engineering Wikimedia Foundation

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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Cloud-announce] [reminder] Pywikibot will end Python 2 support in July!
by Chase Pettet 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

Thanks for all the work you folks do on Pywikibot, it's really a gem in the ecosystem. On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 11:45 AM Martin Urbanec <martin(a)urbanec.cz> wrote: > As the last release of Python 2 is finally out, the July release of > Pywikibot is going to be the **last release that supports Python 2**. > Support of Python 3.4 and MediaWiki older than 1.19 is also going to be > dropped. After this release, Pywikibot is not going to receive any further > patches and bug fixes related to those Python and MediaWiki versions. > Functions and other stuff specific to Python 3.4, Python 2.x or MediaWiki > older than 1.19 will be removed. > > For your convenience, this release is marked with a "python2" > git tag and it is also the last 3.0.x release. In case you really need it, > the Pywikibot team created /shared/pywikibot/core_python2 repository in > Toolforge and a python2-pywikibot package in software repositories of some > operating systems. > > The Pywikibot team strongly recommends that you migrate your scripts from > Python 2 to Python 3. The migration steps were described in the previous > message, which can be found here: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/pywikibot/2020-January/009976.html > Detailed plan of Python 2 deprecation with dates is described here: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/Compatibility > > If you encounter any problems with the migration, you can always ask us > here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T242120 > > Best regards, > > Pywikibot team > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia Cloud Services announce mailing list > Cloud-announce(a)lists.wikimedia.org (formerly > labs-announce(a)lists.wikimedia.org) > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud-announce >

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Help with memory leaks in a C# Mono application
by Krinkle 07 Jun '20

07 Jun '20

Hi, I'm looking for help finding the cause(s) of a memory leak in the countervandalism CVNBot project. These bots provide users with filtered recent-changes information to patrollers on various big wikis (enwiki, commons, wikidata[1]) as well as from groups of small wikis combined (SWMT[1]). The bot is a Mono application written in C#, which runs in Wikimedia Cloud. We're finding that as of last November the bots bots have started leaking much more memory than, possibly due to simply the wikis being more active (especially Wikidata). This leads to frequent outages due to bots becoming lagged, unresponsive for hours, etc. I'm quite the noob when it comes to C#, and unfortunately there aren't many maintainers left of this project (I inherited it to keep it running, but beyond that kinda out of my depths here). If you know C# well, or have experience with VS2019, or just are looking for a challenge, check below for more info and share ideas :) https://github.com/countervandalism/CVNBot/issues/13 -- Timo [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Countervandalism_Network/Bots

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Deprecation of a global function in mediawiki.
by Amir Sarabadani 06 Jun '20

06 Jun '20

Hello, The global function "wfWaitForSlaves()" that has been soft deprecated [1] since 1.27 is now hard deprecated (from master and subsequently 1.35 release) and will be removed soon. Please use LBFactory::waitForReplication instead. I would like to thank Sam Reed for cleaning up all of the usages in extensions. For more context, see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181673 [1]: See Stable interface policy for the definitions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Stable_interface_policy Have a nice day -- Amir (he/him)

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Wikimedia CI now using Quibbble test running 0.0.44
by James Forrester 05 Jun '20

05 Jun '20

All, I've released, and switched Wikimedia CI over to, a new version of Quibble, version 0.0.44. There are two minor changes in this release compared to the previous state, 0.0.41: * Firstly, quibble now prints the version strings of mysql and postgres being run, alongside the versions of PHP, node, and browsers being used in the tests. Thank you to Reedy for both the idea and execution. * Secondly, the new-in-quibble-0.0.41 Standalone phpunit group annotation is also skipped for the phpunit Database test run, rather than running them twice. As Standalone is used by the CirrusSearch and Scribunto extensions, both of which are in the gate for MediaWiki code, this change will speed up CI for everyone. If your project has a great many unit tests which are isolated from the rest of MediaWiki, please do speak to me about it and we can discuss using @group Standalone to speed up test runs for your code. The full change log is available at https://doc.wikimedia.org/quibble/changelog.html. This has had a troubled release, with two reverts (versions 0.0.42 and 0.0.43), but with most of the changes backed out this should now be stable; I am optimistic that the third time is the charm. However, if there are any issues please do file a Phabricator task with the #Release-Engineering-Team <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/3/?tags=Release-…> so we can get it fixed urgently. Yours, -- *James D. Forrester* (he/him <http://pronoun.is/he> or they/themself <http://pronoun.is/they/.../themself>) Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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How do you use Wikibase and how can we support you?
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 05 Jun '20

05 Jun '20

*Apologies for cross-posting!* Wikimedia Deutschland is interested in having an overview of what’s happening with Wikibase users and thus, we are running a survey to learn how we can advance engagement between the software development team and the people who are using or are considering using Wikibase. If you would like to participate, please use this link <https://forms.gle/McgkdKzDc4BgWokG9> (Google Forms, estimated fill-in time 6min). If you don’t want to use Google Forms, you can also send me a private email with your answers. We would love to get as many answers as possible before Saturday, June 6th. The participation is anonymous and there are no required answers. The data will only be shared in an aggregated form. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me directly. Cheers, -- Mohammed Sadat *Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase* Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de

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[Wikimedia Technical Talks] API portal and gateway, 5 June 2020 at 5 PM UTC
by Sarah R 05 Jun '20

05 Jun '20

Hi Everyone, It's time for Wikimedia Tech Talks 2020 Episode 4! This talk will take place on 5 June 2020 at 5 PM UTC. Title: API portal and gateway Speaker: Evan Prodromou, Product Manager for APIs in the Platform Team Summary: How does Wikimedia become "the essential infrastructure in the ecosystem of free knowledge"? One way is by making a platform that helps software developers become successful. In this talk, Evan Prodromou, Product Manager for APIs in the Platform Team, discusses the ongoing work to provide a Wikimedia developer platform. With this platform, app creators can include Wikimedia data and content into their software in new and emergent ways. From modernizing our API paradigm, through unified user authorization, documentation, and developer onboarding, the Platform team is working to make a developer experience that rivals those from other major Internet players. The link to the Youtube Livestream can be found here: https://youtu.be/gedV-OScuQY During the live talk, you are invited to join the discussion on IRC at #wikimedia-office You can browse past Tech Talks here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Tech_talks If you are interested in giving your own tech talk, you can learn more here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Calendar/How_to_schedule_an_event#Te… Note: This is a public talk. Feel free to distribute through appropriate email and social channels! Kindly, Sarah R. Rodlund Technical Writer, Developer Advocacy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Developer_Advocacy> srodlund(a)wikimedia.org

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