request for feedback on new-upload branch - Wikitech-l

7 May 2009

The new-upload branch includes a good set of new features is available 
here:
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/branches/new-upload/phase3/

Major Additions:

* action=upload added to the api

* Supports New upload Interfaces (dependent on mv_embed / jQuery libs )
** supports upload over http with reporting progress to user.
** support for chunks upload with progress indicators and client side 
transcoding for videos (chunks for other large flies types "almost 
there")  (dependent on the firefogg extension)
** supports upload-api error msg lookup and report back.

To test the new upload /interfaces/ you need the latest copy of mv_embed 
/ add_media_wizard.js You can get by checking out: 
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/MetavidWiki/ski…
(add then adding something like the following to localSettings.php :

$wgExtensionFunctions[] = 'addMediaWizard';
function addMediaWizard(){
    global $wgOut;
    $utime = time();
    $wgOut->addScript( "<script type=\"{$wgJsMimeType}\" 
src=\"http://localhost/{path_to_skins_dir}/add_media_wizard.js?urid={$utime}\"></script>"

);
}

Comments or references to new bugs can be reported to the following bug 
18563 which is tracking its inclusion.

== Things already on the TOOD list ==
* Deprecate upload.js (destination checks, filename checks etc) in favor 
of the jQuery / mv_embed style upload interface. (this is dependent on 
getting the script-loader branch into the trunk bug 18464  (along with 
base mv_embed / jQuery libs) ) will have a separate email with call for 
feedback on that branch shortly once I finish up the css style sheet 
grouping and mv_embed lib merging.

--mv_embed upload interfaces--
* Support pass though mode for firefogg (passthough mode only in 
development branches of firefogg ... should be released soon)
* Support remote iframe driver ( for uploading to commons with progress 
indicators while editing an article on another site (like wikipedia) ) 
(will be an upload "tab" in the add_media_wizard)

peace,
michael