[Wikitech-l] 2021-03-31 Scrum of Scrums meeting notes

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Scrum_of_scrums/2021-03-31 = 2021-03-31 = == Callouts == * RelEng: 1.36.0-wmf.37 blockers: ** [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T278376 Constructing RevisionRecord for a page that can't exist] ** [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T278904 new edits are being marked as quality instead of "accepted"] * RelEng: Dev satisfaction survey closes TODAY!! == Gerrit patches or GitHub Pull Requests for reviews or feedback == * === No updates === Language, Library, === '''No notes provided''' === Editing, Product Infrastructure, Parsing, Inuka, Cloud Services, FR Tech, Platform, Quality & Test, Search PF, Security, == Product == === Community Tech === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** We'll be announcing today the end of our work on WS-Export and officially marking the wish/project as completed === Anti-Harassment Tools === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** Wrapping up known work on SecurePoll. May have further things to do here which will take priority over other tasks. ** New Engineering Manager joined, completing the team. Hurrah! === Growth === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** Continuing work on Add Link https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Add_Link ** Continuing to work on on-wiki configuration ** Continuing design of mentor dashboard https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Mentor_dashboard === iOS native app === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: Putting finishing touches on next major release of app (including drastically better support for Chinese language variants), should be in beta within the week. === Android native app === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: PET for all their collaboration. * Updates: Working w/ PET on image recommendation API. === Web === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: ** Timo Tijhof for his work on the (currently Vector-specific) "pref diff" instrument: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261842 * Updates: ** Onboarding new hires! ** Virtual offsite 29th March through 1st April ** The WVUI search treatment A/B test is complete. All users opted in to Vector V2 will now get the treatment ** Clarifying feature responsibilities in ResourceLoaderSkinModule: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269877 === Structured Data === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** On April 1st, Special:MediaSearch will become the default search UI on Wikimedia Commons for anonymous users === Abstract Wikipedia === * Blocked by: ** None. * Blocking: ** None. * Thank yous: ** Margeigh and the whole Design team for their flexibility! * Updates: ** Closing on end of Phase γ: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Phases === Language === * Blocked by: ** None * Blocking: ** None * Thank yous: * Updates: ** No major updates this week. === Vue.js === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** WVUI: updating Storybook to use the new controls add-on instead of knobs ** Design inventory (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T277047 ) ** Beginning the technical desicion-making process for adding an automated build step for front-end assets == Technology == === Analytics === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: ** SRE ServiceOps for https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T274262 * Updates: === Engineering Productivity === ==== Performance ==== * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: ** DC Ops for looking into device lab hosting feasibility ** ITS for doing the same * Updates: ==== Release Engineering ==== * Blocked by: ** See wmf.37 train blockers. * Blocking: ** ??? * Thank yous ** Legoktm for all kinds of assistance, on mw-on-k8s * Updates: ** [All] Deployments/Covid-19 https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Covid-19 ** Train Health *** Last week: 1.36.0-wmf.36 [[phab:T274940]] <!-- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T274940 --> *** This week: 1.36.0-wmf.37 [[phab:T278343]] <!-- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T278343 --> *** This week: 1.36.0-wmf.38 [[phab:T278344]] <!-- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T278344 --> === Site Reliability Engineering === * Blocked by: ** None * Blocking: ** None * Thank yous: * Updates: ** No updates === WMDE Technical Wishes === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** Kartographer exploration led to a straightforward, potential solution for fixing the incompatibility with FlaggedRevs wikis. ** Beginning user research interviews for next year’s Geoinformation focus. ** Curious whether anyone else sees a need for mw-core anonymous user “settings” management, currently done differently in many extensions. == Cross-cutting == * Blocked by: ** [long term] Search Platform: PHP 8.0 work is long-term blocked on the migration to ElasticSearch 7.0 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263142 (or at least 6.7) * Blocking: * None. * Thank yous: * Updates: ** PHP 8.0 work *** Upstream libraries: Elastica-related PHP code is theoretically the last one. *** Core: Some unit and integration tests still fail; tank you to everyone working on fixing them. ** Next release of mediawiki-codesniffer likely soon. ** CI tools' upgrade status: https://libraryupgrader2.wmcloud.org/status?branch=master