Hey all,
This is a quick note to highlight that in two weeks' time, the
REL1_38 branch will be created for MediaWiki core and each of the
extensions and skins in Wikimedia git, with some (the 'tarball') included
as sub-modules of MediaWiki itself[0]. This is the first step in the
release process for
MediaWiki 1.38, which should be out in late May 2022, approximately six
months after MediaWiki 1.37.
The branches will reflect the code as of the last 'alpha' branch for
the release, 1.38.0-wmf.26, which will be deployed to Wikimedia wikis in
the week beginning 13 March 2022 for MediaWiki itself and those
extensions and skins available there.
After that point, patches that land in the main development branch
of MediaWiki and its bundled extensions and skins will be slated for
the MediaWiki 1.39 release unless specifically backported[1].
If you are working on a new feature that you wish to land for the
release, you now have a few days to finish your work and land it in the
development branch; feature changes should not be backported except in an
urgent case. If your work might not be complete in time, and yet should
block release for everyone else, please file a task against the
`mw-1.38-release` project on Phabricator.[2]
If you have tickets that are already tagged for `mw-1.38-release`,
please finish them, untag them, or reach out to get them resolved in the
next few weeks.
We hope to issue the first release candidate, 1.38.0-rc.0, two weeks
after the branch point, and if all goes well, to release MediaWiki 1.38.0 a
few weeks after that.
[0]: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bundled_extensions_and_skins>
[1]: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Backporting_fixes>
[2]: <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/5407/>
Yours,
--
*James D. Forrester* (he/him <http://pronoun.is/he> or they/themself
<http://pronoun.is/they/.../themself>)
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
This email is a summary of the Wikimedia production deployment of
1.38.0-wmf.23
- Conductor: Dan Duvall
- Backup Conductor: Antoine "hashar" Musso
- Blocker Task: T300199 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T300199>
- Current Status <https://versions.toolforge.org/>
🔢 According to our calculations
Sparklines comparing with the last 5 trains.
- 252 Patches ▆█▄▆▁
- 0 Rollbacks █▁▁▁▁
- 0 Days of delay █▁▁▁▁
- 4 Blockers █▁▂▂▂
🌈 Trainbow Love 🎉Thanks to folks who reported or resolved blockers:
- Legoktm
- Zabe
- Sam Reed
- Bartosz Dziewoński
- Peter Pelberg
- Jon Robson
The Search Platform Team
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Search_Platform> usually holds an
open meeting on the first Wednesday of each month. Come talk to us about
anything related to Wikimedia search, Wikidata Query Service (WDQS),
Wikimedia Commons Query Service (WCQS), etc.!
Feel free to add your items to the Etherpad Agenda for the next meeting.
Details for our next meeting:
Date: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022
Time: 16:00-17:00 GMT / 08:00-09:00 PST / 11:00-12:00 EST / 17:00-18:00 CET
& WAT
Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/vgj-bbeb-uyi
Join by phone: https://tel.meet/vgj-bbeb-uyi?pin=8118110806927
Hope to talk to you next week!
—Trey
Trey Jones
Staff Computational Linguist, Search Platform
Wikimedia Foundation
UTC–5 / EST
Hello everyone,
Thank you for participating in the first Small wiki toolkits workshop last
week!
We had a bit of a delay in the kick-off. My sincere apologies if you missed
the session due to an error in handling logistics on our end.
We have added the video recording and the slides on the workshops page that
you may now explore.
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#Intro_to_Pywi…>
[1]
Join the Telegram chat if you would like to learn about the upcoming
workshops and connect with fellow participants <
https://t.me/joinchat/Z_b1MR8O0wAzZmVh> [2]. We will also be sharing a
feedback form with participants soon on this channel.
We are looking forward to your participation in future workshops!
Cheers,
Srishti
On behalf of the SWT organizing team
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#Intro_to_Pywi…
[2] https://t.me/joinchat/Z_b1MR8O0wAzZmVh
*Srishti Sethi*
Senior Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 8:05 AM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you holding the workshop now?
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 9:59 AM effe iets anders <effeietsanders(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I love this idea! Thank you for organizing this!
>>
>> I look forward to the videos produced for this too.
>>
>> Warmly,
>> Lodewijk
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:07 PM Srishti Sethi <ssethi(a)wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> Thank you all for signing up for the bot workshops! :)
>>>
>>> The first workshop on the topic of “Pywikibot framework introduction &
>>> installation” is coming up - it will take place on *Friday, February
>>> 25th at 16:00 UTC*.
>>>
>>> You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here <
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#Intro_to_Pywi…>
>>> [1].
>>>
>>> We will record this workshop and update the workshops page with the link
>>> later. Also, a quick note on the certificate distribution we shared briefly
>>> in the previous email - out of the eight planned workshops, individuals who
>>> will complete five and a final assignment will receive a digital
>>> certificate.
>>>
>>> We look forward to your participation!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Srishti
>>>
>>> (On behalf of the SWT Workshops Organization team)
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#Intro_to_Pywi…
>>>
>>>
>>> *Srishti Sethi*
>>> Senior Developer Advocate
>>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 6:52 PM Srishti Sethi <ssethi(a)wikimedia.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> TLDR; Want to learn new technical skills to help improve your wiki?
>>>> Sign up for workshops on scripts and bot development, organized by the
>>>> small wiki toolkits initiative: <
>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops> [1].
>>>>
>>>> Small wiki toolkits (SWT) is an initiative to build technical capacity
>>>> in smaller language wikis by developing toolkits, conducting workshops, and
>>>> providing technical support <
>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits> [2]. The first
>>>> set of workshops for 2022 will teach individuals how to automate work in
>>>> their wiki community by developing, maintaining, and hosting bots. These
>>>> trainings build upon the lessons learned from two regional initiatives in
>>>> 2021: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits#Past_events>
>>>> [3].
>>>>
>>>> To sign up for a workshop, add your signature under a specific workshop
>>>> section on this page <
>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops> [4].
>>>> The first workshop is scheduled for February 25th, 16:00 UTC. The
>>>> organizing team will share more details on mailing lists and on your talk
>>>> page closer to the date of the workshop.
>>>>
>>>> The SWT Organizing Team is also exploring issuing digital certificates
>>>> and badges to attendees of these workshops. More information on that will
>>>> be available in the coming weeks.
>>>>
>>>> We look forward to your participation!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Srishti
>>>>
>>>> (On behalf of the SWT Workshops Organization team)
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops
>>>>
>>>> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits
>>>>
>>>> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits#Past_events
>>>>
>>>> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops
>>>>
>>>> *Srishti Sethi*
>>>> Senior Developer Advocate
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>>>
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>
Hi all,
The 1.38.0-wmf.24[0] train is currently blocked by the following:
* Make modifications to Pager HTML to add heading separators to support
Minerva skinning
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T298638
* Beta Meta-Wiki throws an error on Special:Preferences:
DomainException: HTMLForm::getField: no field named globalwatchlist-prefs
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T302643
Thanks in advance for any assistance with these tasks!
As ever, you can follow train progress on libera.chat's
#wikimedia-operations as well as on the blocker task[0].
Regards,
-- Your stoic slingers of stuff to production
[0]. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T300200
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