https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Scrum_of_scrums/2021-04-07
= 2021-04-07 =
== Callouts == * RelEng: Note that the MediaWiki 1.36 branch will happen in the next day or so. Next week's train is the first of 1.37.0-wmf.X. * RelEng: Backport deployment training is available, the invite is in the deployment calendar on gmail: wikimedia.org_rudis09ii2mm5fk4hgdjeh1u64@group.calendar.google.com * …
== Gerrit patches or GitHub Pull Requests for reviews or feedback ==
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=== No updates === Community Tec, Anti-Harassment Tools, Editing, Product Infrastructure, Parsing, Language, Inuka, Analytics, Cloud Services, Platform, Performance, Quality & Test, Security === '''No notes provided''' ===
== SoS Meeting Bookkeeping == * Updates:
== Product ==
=== 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 ** Deploying Growth features as opt-in to tawiki, mswiki and simplewiki
=== iOS native app === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: Beta is out.
=== Android native app === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: Miriam for the research and PET for all your help getting image recommendations ready. * Updates: Timeline for image recommendations MVP release is set - should be out to all users in 4 weeks.
=== Web === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** Continuing to onboard new hires! ** Continuing our work on the language switcher instrumentation and A/B test ** Fixing a regression in the SearchSatisfaction instrument for the WVUI search autocomplete treatment: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T274869#6963147 onward ** Finalising new CSS folder structure in Vector: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T264309.
=== Structured Data === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** Special:MediaSearch is now the default search UI on Wikimedia Commons for anonymous users ** Working on moving the MediaSearch UI code into a standalone extension. This will include the structured data team's library of reusable Vue components. Will announce this when the move happens.
=== Abstract Wikipedia === * Blocked by: ** None * Blocking: ** None known. * Thank yous: ** Architecture for their on-going advice and support through some thorny issues. * Updates: ** We closed Phase γ; we're now working on Phase δ (delta): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Phases *** This is where we'll tie the back-end function orchestrator to the front-end MW stack.
=== Library === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** Continued work on partner description translations and The Wikipedia Library extension ** New hompage designs are almost done, and work is starting on the logged in experience
=== Vue.js === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** Starting the technical decision-making process for introducing a front-end build step - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279108 ** Storybook updates to WVUI: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/wvui/+/676236
== Technology ==
=== Fundraising Tech === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** un-forking CiviCRM build tool to use upstream version in our CI: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T277500 ** More work on email prefs page https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268510 ** Planning for integration with new API of backup card processor ** CiviCRM contact deduplication enhancements ** Better error handling for CentralNotice invalid banner name: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T173782 ** Audit / reconciliation file processing improvements: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T277244, https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265545
=== Engineering Productivity ===
==== Release Engineering ==== * Blocked by: ** Wikidata: Migration of CI testing from stretch to buster is known broken in Wikidata (T279068). * Blocking: ** Fundraising tech might be reaching out for image tweaks * Thank yous: ** James for pointing out we were behind on the 1.36 branch cut :) * Updates: ** Note that the MediaWiki 1.36 branch will happen in the next day or so. Next week's train is the first of 1.37.0-wmf.X. ** Backport deployment training is available, the invite is in the deployment calendar on gmail: wikimedia.org_rudis09ii2mm5fk4hgdjeh1u64@group.calendar.google.com ** [All] Deployments/Covid-19 https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Covid-19 ** Train Health *** Last week: 1.36.0-wmf.37 [[phab:T274943]] <!-- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T274943 --> *** This week: 1.36.0-wmf.38 [[phab:T278344]] <!-- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T278344 --> *** This week: 1.37.0-wmf.1 [[phab:T278345]] <!-- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T278345 -->
=== Search Platform === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** Recover lexemes on wdqs1009 - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T276784 ** Report latency metric to the wdqs-ui from the wdqs streaming updater - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T277637 ** Reindex Khmer wikis to enable Khmer syllable reordering - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T274205 ** Linked Data Fragments endpoint returns IllegalStateException - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270476 ** Many files on Commons cannot be found in WCQS - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T269302
=== Site Reliability Engineering === * Blocked by: ** None * Blocking: ** None * Thank yous: * Updates: ** Wrapping up stuff, removing tech debt regarding old kubernetes clusters. ** Sizing up a mediawiki pod.
=== WMDE Technical Wishes === * Blocked by: * Blocking: * Thank yous: * Updates: ** Activating line numbering in the 2010 and 2017 wikitext editors, we plan to deploy with next week’s train. ** Merged some simplifications which will affect reportupdater-queries, will probably apply the changes to all scripts there.
== 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). This will be extra fun to back-port to REL1_36 as well as REL1_35. * Blocking: * None. * Thank yous: * Updates: ** Nothing major. ** Next release of mediawiki-codesniffer likely soon. ** CI tools' upgrade status: https://libraryupgrader2.wmcloud.org/status?branch=master