= 2015-02-03 =

== Product == === Reading === ==== Web ==== * New related pages desktop design pushed, will measure engagement * Instrumentation in prep for language switcher change [analytics] * new user page designs on mobile web beta going live * Extension:Gather - PageImages showing non-free images - meeting * scheduled to iron out API request/response format to first try in * Related Articles on web to adjust output

==== Android ==== * New beta coming soon with improved memory usage for images and support * for animations. Also includes A/B testing for CirrusSearch (T125393).

==== iOS ==== * Will be integrating "top articles" feature using pageviews API * Looking forward to mobileview API change from web team to get article * namespaces!

==== Reading Infrastructure ==== * Nothing much this week. SessionManager should be coming back into * master once wmf.12 is verified not to break stuff.

=== Community Tech === * No update.

=== Editing === ==== Collaboration ==== * '''Blocking''': ** Dry run patch for external store migration is merged. Now we need to set External Store up on Beta, then test the dry run patch there: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119567 * '''Blocked''': ** Flow dump generation on dumps.wikimedia.org: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119511 * '''Updates''': ** We're still working on human-readable names for cross-wiki notifications: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121936 ** MediaWiki presence at FOSDEM went well.

==== Language ==== * No update.

==== Multimedia ==== * '''Blocking''': none * '''Blocked''': none * '''Updates''': ** Work on image tweaks extension continues; may need input later.

==== Parsing ==== * '''Blocking''': none * '''Blocked''': Need input from Collaboration, see below. * '''Updates''': ** ruthenium updated to jessie and node 4.2 with almost everything puppetized (thanks to ops, Marko, Ori). Tests look good. Need to run separate memory load tests before making a decision to move production parsoid to node 4.2 ** Need input from collaboration team about https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124837 (migrating Flow to talk with RESTBase) since it will simplify support when we remove inlined data-mw from Parsoid HTML (I consider this ticket a weak blocker) *** Matt: Should we schedule a meeting about this? Sure .. let us do it this week. ** Will work with services team to finalize REST API versioning policy this week -- last chance to provide input on https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124365 ... Policy will be applied when Parsoid HTML version is changed after inlined data-mw is moved out of Parsoid HTML ** Heads up (VE, Language, Flow): We might be able to deploy templatedata-based serialization of transclusions next week (depends on reviews this week). *** https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/264043/ if you want to test your respective clients against it ( https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/264043/16/tests/mocha/templatedata.js and https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/264043/16/tests/mockAPI.js has tests that spec behavior if you want to take a closer look)

==== VisualEditor ==== * '''Blocking''': none known * '''Blocked''': ** https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T58337 being worked on in review from Krinkle for https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/259771/ and https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/265878/ and so https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/265879/ * '''Updates''': ** Released yesterday (wmf.12), editing via jQuery.IME (thanks to Language for their support); table editing improvements (move columns/rows; copy-paste multiple cells; make/unmake tables sortable/wikitable; cell and table contexts) ** wmf.13 will contain a split up version of OOUI; see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T113677 for work on this and some numbers. This is not a breaking change except for non-MediaWiki users of OOUI like VE, for whom we'll flag this.

=== Discovery === * Data import from analytics to ES started * Working on integrating completion suggester for all prefix searches * (will involve some small API changes in SearchEngine) * TextCat is ready for inclusion in mediawiki/vendors, waiting for final * security signoff * Preparing for A/B test to use opening_text instead of text in morelike * query, to improve performance * Upgrading Wikidata Query Service to Blazegraph 2.0, so far working ok * but some weird exceptions, investigating * '''Blocking''': none * '''Blocked''': security final signoff for textcat

== Technology ==

=== Analytics === * Dashiki: implemented limn-like layout, will end-of-life most limn * dashboards soon * Event Logging: problems were largely due to large tables, getting * better as we're trimming some of those * Wikimetrics: finished program metrics feature, deploying soon * Jobs to count Uniques based on the Last-Access cookie are being * productionized, will be available soon * Bot convention thread on analytics-l concluded with us asking * non-human user agents to include the word "Bot", for analytics * purposes. We'll communicate that here soon: * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy

=== Performance === * No update.

=== Release Engineering === * Blocking: ** Phase out antimony.wikimedia.org, https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T123718 ** /var/log/phd/damons.log growing on iridium, https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124651 * Blocked: none * Updates: ** 1.27.0-wmf.11 was skipped (and burned in effigy) ** 1.27.0-wmf.12 delayed by staging issues yesterday but train is starting today *** fun firefighting due to /srv/mediawiki-staging being wiped out *** wmf.12 does not contain SessionManager due to an outstanding bug that remains unreproducible ** scap 3.0 tagged and packaged! thanks ops! ** Finishing up work on puppet scap provider

=== Research === * No update.

=== Security === * No update.

=== Services === * Decommissioning parsoid-lb.wikimedia.org around Feb 22 -- * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110474 :* use RESTBase instead * RESTBase :* added streaming support :* refactor: separating out the framework part of RESTBase :* minor tweaks and bug fixes * EventBus :* enabled on all wikis (module private ones) :* final tweaks to the schemas - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124741

=== Technical Operations === * No update.

== Advancement == === Fundraising Tech === * Adam Wight and Andrew Green taking the month off fr-tech to work on * Education Program extension * Got CI jobs running against paymentswiki branch of mediawiki (voting) * with 1.27 non-voting (thank you releng) * more CiviCRM enhancements * fixes and enhancements for backup credit card processor * prep for Latin America fundraising expansion * investigating banner impression data outage that started yesterday * (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125676)