[Wikitech-l] Scrum of scrums/2020-08-05 & 2020-08-12

Hello, This email contains updates for the last two weeks - August 5 and 12, 2020. For the HTML versions, see: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Scrum_of_scrums/2020-08-05 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Scrum_of_scrums/2020-08-12 Cheers, Deb ------------------------ *= 2020-08-05 =* == Callouts == * FYI: Removing our old helm charts endpoint (<nowiki> https://releases.wikimedia.org/charts</nowiki>) and moving to a new one, powered by chartmuseum. <nowiki>https://helm-charts.wikimedia.org/</nowiki>. if you are using helm locally with the old repo, you will have to switch to the new one. On the plus side, this is integrated with our CI now and no longer requires manually creating helm chart artifacts. Docs at <nowiki> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/ChartMuseum</nowiki> == Product == === iOS native app === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Updates: ** Continuing development on [[phab:project/view/4661/|6.7 release]]. *** "Article as a living document" experiment *** Event Platform Client MVP *** iOS14 widgets & bug fixes === Web === * Updates: **'''Summary''': Desktop Improvements Project's (DIP) deployment continues; continuing WVUI Vector integration and the network client now has a MediaWiki REST API implementation in review. ** [[Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements|Desktop Improvements Project (Vector / DIP)]]: *** [[phab:T250968|[ShoutWikiAds] Replace use of deprecated hook VectorBeforeFooter]] *** [[phab:T254227|Switch test wikis to new version of vector by default]] *** [[phab:T253842|Fix the printable versions of modern Vector]] *** [[phab:T250851|Allow skins to override mediawiki.page.ready initialisation to enable search JavaScript to be swapped]] *** [[phab:T249363|Move the existing search to the header in preparation for Vue.js search development]] *** [[phab:T259372|Refactor: Move PHP logic into JS for collapsing tabs under more menu]] *** [[phab:T257647|Integrate WVUI into Vector for Vue.js search]] *** [[phab:T251212|[Dev] Drop VectorTemplate usage in Vector]] *** [[phab:T248399|Document Skin API and their stability, if any (including Vector)]] *** [[phab:T247790|wgLogos follow up work]] *** [[phab:T255319|Eventually deprecate SkinTemplateNavigation::SpecialPage and SkinTemplateNavigation hooks in favor of SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal]] *** [[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:T259080|Minerva bundle checks are broken]] *** [[phab:T257872|Uncaught Error: Set map center and zoom first on mobile domain Android]] *** [[phab:T258096|Regression: Nested references do not open if user clicks on [ or ] (which are wrapped in span)]] ** Standardization *** [[phab:T250762|UsersMultiselectWidget not announcing status message]] *** [[phab:T248062|Deprecate and remove `.background-image-svg()` mixin from 'mediawiki.mixins.less']] *** [[phab:T259086|Remove obsolete 'set-graphics'/'svg2png'/'imagemin' tasks and Less background-image raster fallback for former Grade C browser support]] *** [[phab:T254195|Implement a core 'clearfix' mixin in mediawiki.mixin and evaluate deprecation/removal of 'visualClear' class]] *** [[phab:T258752|Unify `line-height` to `20px` in widgets to simplify code and better i18n]] *** [[phab:T257279|Standardize 'mediawiki.ui' variables to CSS variables naming scheme in preparation for WikimediaUI Base variables takeover]] *** [[phab:T247033|Add 'i18n-directionality.less' file to core and extract overarching theme styles from legacy.less]] ** Portals *** [[phab:T128546|[Recurring Task] Update Wikipedia and sister projects portals statistics]] ** Miscellaneous *** [[phab:T258256|<nowiki>OOUI window management broken on pages with with additional frames, due to cross document access</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T255913|Document tagline and icon options of $wgLogos by putting them in the installer]] *** [[phab:T253047|TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'mw.config.get('wgFormattedNamespaces')[namespace].replace')]] *** [[phab:T257877|MediaWiki installer appears unstyled]] == Technology == === Site Reliability Engineering === * Blocked by: ** None * Blocking: ** None * Updates: ** Removing our old helm charts endpoint (<nowiki> https://releases.wikimedia.org/charts</nowiki>) and moving to a new one, powered by chartmuseum. <nowiki>https://helm-charts.wikimedia.org/</nowiki>. if you are using helm locally with the old repo, you will have to switch to the new one. On the plus side, this is integrated with our CI now and no longer requires manually creating helm chart artifacts. Docs at <nowiki> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/ChartMuseum</nowiki> ------------------------ *= 2020-08-12 =* == Product == === Web === * Updates: ** '''Summary''': WVUI Vector integration in Vector, Vue.js-focused week starting. ** [[Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements|Desktop Improvements Project (Vector / DIP)]]: *** [[phab:T258493|[Spike 8hrs] "Use Legacy Vector" is not working as a global preference]] *** [[phab:T254227|Switch test wikis to new version of vector by default]] *** [[phab:T250851|Allow skins to override mediawiki.page.ready initialisation to enable search JavaScript to be swapped]] *** [[phab:T249363|Move the existing search to the header in preparation for Vue.js search development]] *** [[phab:T248399|Document Skin API and their stability, if any (including Vector)]] *** [[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:T240622|[Technical debt payoff] Remove InlineDiffFormatter and InlineDifferenceEngine from MobileFrontend]] ** Standardization *** [[phab:T248062|Deprecate and remove `.background-image-svg()` mixin from 'mediawiki.mixins.less']] *** [[phab:T259086|Remove obsolete 'set-graphics'/'svg2png'/'imagemin' tasks and Less background-image raster fallback for former Grade C browser support]] *** [[phab:T257279|Standardize 'mediawiki.ui' variables to CSS variables naming scheme in preparation for WikimediaUI Base variables takeover]] ** Portals *** [[phab:T128546|[Recurring Task] Update Wikipedia and sister projects portals statistics]] ** Miscellaneous *** [[phab:T259955|Skin hooks should not have unexpected side effects to OutputPage]] *** [[phab:T259630|TypeError: results.error is undefined]] *** [[phab:T259400|Drop MonoBookAfterContent hook]] *** [[phab:T259193|[betalabs] FF only - Notifications - vertical scrolling in the header]] *** [[phab:T258488|MenuTagMultiselectWidget removes selected tag if invalid input is entered]] *** [[phab:T258420|MenuTagMultiselect adds items twice if specified as options and selected options]] *** [[phab:T258256|<nowiki>OOUI window management broken on pages with with additional frames, due to cross document access</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T250968|[ShoutWikiAds] Replace use of deprecated hook VectorBeforeFooter]] *** [[phab:T203023|skins.monobook.mobile.uls dependency doesn't do mobile?]] *** [[phab:T259354|ActionField + dropdown styling issues]] *** [[phab:T259316|Drop Monobook/resources/screen-desktop.css from Monobook]] *** [[phab:T258752|Unify `line-height` to `20px` in widgets to simplify code and better i18n]] *** [[phab:T257015|Redeploy quicksurvey on enwiki (for a Growth study)]]