This is a notification about a breaking change to the /ZipDirectoryReader /class
in MediaWiki 1.44, as required by the Stable Interface Policy
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Stable_interface_policy#Hard_deprecation>. If
you do not maintain an extension that uses /ZipDirectoryReader/, you can ignore
this message.
*Summary*: The /ZipDirectoryReader /and /ZipDirectoryReaderError /classes have
been moved <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/1107973> to the
/mime analyzer/ library in the /Wikimedia\Mime /namespace. Furthermore, the
return type of the /readHandle /method was widened from /Status /to
/StatusValue/. Since this change to the return type is not backwards compatible,
no class alias is provided.
*Remedy*: If you need to use /ZipDirectoryReader /or /ZipDirectoryReaderError/,
import them from the /Wikimedia\Mime/ namespace. If you are making use of the
object returned by the /readHandle/ method, make sure you are not using any
methods not present in /StatusValue/.
*Rationale*: /ZipDirectoryReader/ is used by the /MimeAnalyzer /class, which is
located in the /mime analyzer/ library in the /Wikimedia\Mime /namespace.
However, /ZipDirectoryReader/ was part of MediaWiki code, so it's illegal for
library code to access it <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T382910>. Since
/MimeAnalyzer/ appears to be the only user of /ZipDirectoryReader/, the simplest
solution was to move into the library as well. However, /ZipDirectoryReader/ was
making use of the /Status /class, which again is part of MediaWiki core and this
cannot be accessed from libraries. Only its more general base class,
/StatusValue/, can. This made it necessary to change the return type of the
/readHandle/ method. Since there are no users of /ZipDirectoryReader/ in any
extension <https://codesearch.wmcloud.org/things/?q=ZipDirectoryReader> known to
Code Search, the Stable Interface Policy allows the breaking change without a
deprecation period.
*Context*: This change is part of a long-term effort to extract generic code
from MediaWiki core into libraries
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Library_infrastructure_for_MediaWiki>, to reduce
code complexity and improve code re-use.
--
Daniel Kinzler
Principal Software Engineer
MediaWiki Engineering Group
Wikimedia Foundation
Hi,
I'm proposing to sunset "Extracted page abstracts for Yahoo" dumps. We have
to maintain a dedicated extension called ActiveAbstract
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ActiveAbstract> just to produce
this type of dumps while It's rather easy to extract the same values from
the main dump. There are also other reasons outlined in the ticket: T382069
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T382069>
If you rely on this type of dumps and can't easily switch or if I missed
something obvious about page abstract dumps or ActiveAbstract extension,
please make a comment in the ticket.
Thank you
--
Amir (he/him)
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Engineering Manager, Release Engineering
Wikimedia Foundation
Hi everyone,
Sharing some Phabricator and Gerrit statistics from the past Gregorian
calendar year 2024.
Big thanks to all Wikimedia technical contributors!
=== Phabricator 2024 ===
* 28703 tasks got created.
* 27806 tasks got closed.
* 3812 accounts were active in Phabricator.
* 2243 accounts created tasks.
* 870 accounts closed tasks.
* The 20 accounts who created the most tasks:
phaultfinder 642
Jdlrobson 522
komla 414
Maintenance_bot 389
Dreamy_Jazz 378
Reedy 278
RobH 273
taavi 270
Jdforrester-WMF 205
Urbanecm_WMF 187
Tgr 184
HNordeenWMF 181
kostajh 177
Tchanders 171
hashar 169
Xqt 167
bd808 165
dcaro 165
Aklapper 160
aborrero 160
* The 20 accounts who closed the most tasks:
taavi 788
Jdforrester-WMF 765
Aklapper 764
Pppery 704
Jdlrobson 686
matmarex 581
Dreamy_Jazz 470
ovasileva 391
kostajh 357
Etonkovidova 352
XenoRyet 350
Ifrahkhanyaree_WMDE 341
VirginiaPoundstone 323
MusikAnimal 299
hashar 275
dcaro 272
Xqt 271
Jhancock.wm 266
Dbrant 255
Umherirrender 246
=== Gerrit 2024 ===
* 53711 changesets got created. [1]
* 103534 code reviews took place. [2]
* 608 accounts created patches. [3]
* The 20 accounts who submitted the most changesets: [4]
Umherirrender 3048
James Forrester 1645
Moritz Muehlenhoff 1356
Robert Vogel 1215
Eileen McNaughton 1195
Sam Reed 1099
Hslater 1017
Dreamy Jazz 943
Fomafix 930
Taavi Väänänen 877
Bartosz Dziewoński 871
Daniel Vogel 871
Ed Sanders 832
Marostegui 810
Jon Robson 803
Thiemo Mättig 789
Xqt 765
Dejan Savuljesku 673
cscott 661
Elliott Eggleston 621
* The 20 accounts who reviewed the most patchsets: [5]
Moritz Muehlenhoff 4369
Robert Vogel 3534
James Forrester 3382
Umherirrender 2859
Hslater 2761
DannyS712 2465
Daniel Vogel 2270
Marostegui 2146
Daniel Zahn 1925
Ben Tullis 1845
Taavi Väänänen 1844
Brouberol 1768
Elukey 1650
Abijeet Patro 1595
Jon Robson 1560
Bartosz Dziewoński 1479
Zoran Dori 1412
Sam Reed 1331
Thiemo Mättig 1300
Slyngshede 1213
If you find a bug in these numbers, please see
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Community_metrics
Cheers!
[1] See "Gerrit 🡒 Changesets" on "Gerrit 🡒 Overview" on
https://wikimedia.biterg.io/ after setting the time
[2] See "Total Changesets and Approvals 🡒 Approvals" on "Gerrit 🡒
Approvals" on https://wikimedia.biterg.io/ after setting the time span
[3] See "Gerrit 🡒 Changeset Submitters" on "Gerrit 🡒 Overview"
on https://wikimedia.biterg.io/ after setting the time span
[4] See "Submitters" on "Gerrit 🡒 Overview"
on https://wikimedia.biterg.io/ after setting the time span
[5] See "Approvals by Reviewer" on "Gerrit 🡒 Approvals"
on https://wikimedia.biterg.io/ after setting the time span
(via yearly_metrics.sh on phab1004 at Wed 01 Jan 2025 12:00:30 AM UTC)
--
Andre Klapper (he/him) | Bugwrangler
https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/
Hi Community Metrics team,
This is your automatic monthly Phabricator statistics mail.
Accounts created in (2024-12): 258
Active Maniphest users (any activity) in (2024-12): 1031
Task authors in (2024-12): 499
Users who have closed tasks in (2024-12): 286
Projects which had at least one task moved from one column to another on
their workboard in (2024-12): 256
Tasks created in (2024-12): 1636
Tasks closed in (2024-12): 1576
Open and stalled tasks in total: 54692
* Only open tasks in total: 53614
* Only stalled tasks in total: 1078
Median age in days of open tasks by priority:
Unbreak now: 102
Needs Triage: 1087
High: 1392
Normal: 2176
Low: 2674
Lowest: 3312
(How long tasks have been open, not how long they have had that priority)
To see the names of the most active task authors:
* Go to https://wikimedia.biterg.io/
* Choose "Phabricator > Overview" from the top bar
* Adjust the time frame in the upper right corner to your needs
* See the author names in the "Submitters" panel
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 phab1004 at Wed 01 Jan 2025 12:00:59 AM UTC)