https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Scrum_of_scrums/2016-03-23
= *2016-03-2**3* =
== Product ==
=== Community Tech ===
* '''Blocking''':
** None
* '''Blocked''':
** Waiting for jcrespo to do schema change for category sorting:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T130692
* '''Updates''':
** Pageviews Analytics tool is feature complete (
http://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/), talking to communities about adding
links to it
** Deadlink logging API is finished, adding integration to Cyberbot
=== Reading ===
==== Reading Infrastructure ====
* *AuthManager is still coming!* (see three weeks ago for details)
** Behind schedule though, but we think we're about there on the core
patches.
* It looks like we're getting close on the load.php thing, too.
==== Mobile Content Service ====
* '''Updates''':
** Fixed issue with lead paragraph transformation
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T65874
** Starting rollout of Mobile Content Service to Android production app
this Thursday
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126934
==== Android ====
* 2.1.143 beta published. Expected to be promoted to production soon.
==== iOS ====
* '''Updates''':
** 5.0.1 was released today - all bug fix updates
** Hockey app is currently much happier - less crashes
* '''Upcoming''':
** Enabling handoff from Mac browser to iOS app and credentials sharing by
updating a file on the server
** No time frame for next release (but expect it within 3 weeks) -
currently deciding whether to do another bug fix or do 5.1 with features
* '''Blocking''':
** Nothing
====Web====
=====Done=====
* Lazy loaded images rolling to beta mobile web
* Structured Language Overlay - trying to push it to 100% stable
* Language Switcher button - beta for now
* Lazy loading references
=====Upcoming=====
* Bug fixes and tweaks to the Language Overlay
* Ship the language switcher
* Semi-structured sprint
=== Editing ===
==== Collaboration ====
* '''Blocking''':
** External store work
* '''Blocked''':
* '''Updates''':
** Working on support for Flow notifications being properly hidden on
moderation
** Work on the Echo special page
** Changed MobileFrontend to reuse Echo code
** Working on Flow bug fixes
==== Language ====
* '''Blocking''':
** None
* '''Blocked''':
** New MT deployments blocked due to
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/277463/ (WIP)
* '''Updates''':
** Work on ContentTranslation continue.
==== Multimedia ===
* '''Blocking''':
** None
* '''Blocked''':
** None
* '''Updates''':
** UploadWizard fixes and performance stuff on the way, currently in the
works
** ImageTweaks is slow going, currently there's a patch in core that it
depends on, probably won't be moving as quickly as we thought
==== Parsing ===
* '''Blocking''':
** None?
* '''Blocked''':
** None
* '''Updates''':
** Somewhat of a lull in activity last couple weeks (with vacation, time
off, 20% work)
** But, heads up for VE, CX, Flow, Reading teams about
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T78676 -- been filing dependent tasks for
various teams. Parsoid side of the work should mostly be ready for merge in
2-3 weeks. But, other dependent tasks need to be resolved, performance and
client blockers will be considered before enabling this in production.
==== VisualEditor ===
* No update.
== Advancement ==
=== Fundraising Tech ===
* No blocking/blockers
* DonationInterface mw1.27 tests are failing on some i18n core change, but
they're no longer voting
* Raft of CiviCRM enhancements to make logging more robust and enable
reverting contact merges
* Testing new Latin American payment methods in previously unpestered
countries
* Pondering how to make payments use a more recent version of mediawiki
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T130658
* More DonationInterface refactoring
== Technology ==
=== Release Engineering ===
* '''Blocking''':
** ???
* '''Blocked''':
** None
* '''Updates''':
** Reminder: Code freeze & Dallas switchover week of April 18
** Trebuchet -> Scap migration! Get in touch if you need it
*** There is a super secret irc channel on freenode, cryptically named
#scap3
*** scap 3.1 should be deployed soon, now with moar git-fat support. This
will unblock some services switching from Trebuchet to scap.
=== Research ===
==== Research and Data ====
* '''Blocking''':
** none
* '''Blocked''':
** ORES blocked on MW core code review
***
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/ores_extension_blockers
*** What is the normal workflow for getting code reviewed?
**** typical turn-around time?
**** documentation for engaging +2 people?
* '''Updates''':
** ORES downtime over the weekend
***
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20160319-Ores
*** tl;dr pip doesn't remove old versions when installing new wheels
=== Security ===
* '''Blocking''':
** ???
* '''Blocked''':
** ???
* '''Updates''':
** 2FA updates for wikitech today. 2FA available on SUL wikis to Staff next
week.
=== Services ===
* '''Blocking''':
** none
* '''Blocked''':
** Ops: change-prop deploy -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128463
* '''Updates''':
** RESTBase to start redirecting non-normalised titles and commons URLs
** DC switch-over for RESTBase && node services successful -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127974
** Mathoid and RESTBase now support PNG generation
** Scap3: should have a guide soon for node.js services
=== Technical Operations ===
* '''Blocking''':
** Services on changepropagation deploy
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128463
* '''Blocked''':
** none
* '''Updates''':
** All the rdb100* hosts (Redis Job Queue) have been re-imaged with Debian.
** ORES database hosts ready, looking for some help with scap3 and ORES
==== Discovery ====
* '''Blocking''':
** none
* '''Blocked''':
** Ops:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127014
** Security review: SVG sanitizer for graphs -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125382
* '''Updates''':
** ZRR down following completion suggester deployment:
http://discovery.wmflabs.org/metrics/#failure_suggestions
** Working on scoring improvement for search and suggester
** Working on connection pooling for ES
** Join #wikimedia-interactive for interactions about interactive content!