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Mark A. Hershberger

31 Mar 2013 31 Mar '13

11:49 p.m.

I've just finished preparing the first release candidate for MediaWiki 1.21 and I'd like your help testing it before the final release. Please download the release candidate and test it. If you find any bugs please report them on Bugzilla[1] and make sure I am added as a CC so that we can fix any show-stoppers before the final release. Finally, if you could also look over https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.21, I'll be using an edited version of that to make the final announcement. If you spot problems or areas that could use clarification, your help in improving it would be appreciated. [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki&cc=mah@e… Full release notes: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21 ********************************************************************** Download: http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.20.0), without interface text: http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.patch.gz Interface text changes: http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-i18n-1.21.0rc1.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.tar.gz.sig http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.patch.gz.sig http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-i18n-1.21.0rc1.patch.gz.s… Public keys: https://secure.wikimedia.org/keys.html

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Quim Gil

1 Apr 1 Apr

3:38 p.m.

New subject: MediaWiki 1.21.0rc1 -- Help test 1.21 and update the announcement

On 03/31/2013 04:49 PM, Mark A. Hershberger wrote:

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I've just finished preparing the first release candidate for MediaWiki 1.21 and I'd like your help testing it before the final release.

With a bit of planning we could have synced your call for testing with https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/QA/Weekly_goals https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.21 already shows the areas requiring more testing. Having step-by-step instructions to get a testable install e.g. in Labs would be the other piece of information useful for a QA Weekly goal page. Do we still have time to do something orchestrated? When are you planning to release, more or less?

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Please download the release candidate and test it. If you find any bugs please report them on Bugzilla[1] and make sure I am added as a CC so that we can fix any show-stoppers before the final release. Finally, if you could also look over https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.21, I'll be using an edited version of that to make the final announcement. If you spot problems or areas that could use clarification, your help in improving it would be appreciated. [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki&cc=mah@e… Full release notes: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21 ********************************************************************** Download: http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.20.0), without interface text: http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.patch.gz Interface text changes: http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-i18n-1.21.0rc1.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.tar.gz.sig http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.0rc1.patch.gz.sig http://mah.everybody.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-i18n-1.21.0rc1.patch.gz.s… Public keys: https://secure.wikimedia.org/keys.html _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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Mark A. Hershberger

5:52 p.m.

New subject: MediaWiki 1.21.0rc1 -- Help test 1.21 and update the announcement

On 04/01/2013 11:38 AM, Quim Gil wrote:

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On 03/31/2013 04:49 PM, Mark A. Hershberger wrote:

I've just finished preparing the first release candidate for MediaWiki 1.21 and I'd like your help testing it before the final release.

With a bit of planning we could have synced your call for testing with https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/QA/Weekly_goals

Well, I did say I was going to do the RC this weekend early last week. If I had thought of this, I would have coordinated with you. I'll try to do that for 1.22 in a few months.

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Do we still have time to do something orchestrated? When are you planning to release, more or less?

Since making the announcement, I've merged a small Installer patch from Chad, so there is definitely going to be another RC. There *will* be a release by May 15th. Probably before then. There are a couple of items on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.21 that still need to be reviewed and merged before they are included. It would be nice to have those in the release. So, yes, there is still plenty of time. -- http://hexmode.com/ [We are] immortal ... because [we have] a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. -- William Faulker, Nobel Prize acceptance speech

Quim Gil

8:30 p.m.

New subject: MediaWiki 1.21.0rc1 -- Help test 1.21 and update the announcement

On 04/01/2013 10:52 AM, Mark A. Hershberger wrote:

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With a bit of planning we could have synced your call for testing with https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/QA/Weekly_goals

Well, I did say I was going to do the RC this weekend early last week. If I had thought of this, I would have coordinated with you. I'll try to do that for 1.22 in a few months.

Last week was crazy, sorry. Also we aim to plan these testing weeks with a bit more time in advance in order to have better promotion and prepare better documentation for new testers. That is the theory. In practice we are still improvising a lot with shorter timeframes.

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So, yes, there is still plenty of time.

Does it still make sense to have the testing week on April 15-21? If you think so, could we define a narrower focused? Testing the new release is a good scope, but anything specifically that you feel like deserving testing focus? Thank you. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

Mark A. Hershberger

8 Apr 8 Apr

3:49 p.m.

New subject: MediaWiki 1.21.0rc1 -- Help test 1.21 and update the announcement

On 04/01/2013 04:30 PM, Quim Gil wrote:

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Does it still make sense to have the testing week on April 15-21?

Yes, Let us do it then. I'm about to release RC2, but it doesn't include a fix for at least one problem that was discovered in RC1. I'll release RC3 next week -- hopefully with the jobqueue fix https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/46934 -- and we can use that as a basis for testing.

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If you think so, could we define a narrower focused? Testing the new release is a good scope, but anything specifically that you feel like deserving testing focus?

I'll look over the release notes and come up with a plan for testing RC3. Is there a particular place on-wiki you would like to have this plan? -- http://hexmode.com/ It is not the case that simple clear questions have simple clear answers, not even in the world of pure ideas, and much less so in the messy real world of everyday life. -- Gregory Chaitin, "Paradoxes of Randomness"

2 Apr 2 Apr

4:27 p.m.

New subject: MediaWiki 1.21.0rc1 -- Help test 1.21 and update the announcement

On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Mark A. Hershberger <mah(a)everybody.org> wrote:

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Is the large read-only textbox on the final install screen normal or not? http://i.imgur.com/QP7cLna.png

Mark A. Hershberger

4:31 p.m.

New subject: MediaWiki 1.21.0rc1 -- Help test 1.21 and update the announcement

On 04/02/2013 12:27 PM, OQ wrote:

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Is the large read-only textbox on the final install screen normal or not?

"Normal" in that I saw it as well during my quick sanity check of the tarball, but I think it deserves a bug. Please file one: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki&cc=mah@e… Thanks for testing! -- http://hexmode.com/ [We are] immortal ... because [we have] a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. -- William Faulker, Nobel Prize acceptance speech

Brad Jorsch

9:30 p.m.

New subject: MediaWiki 1.21.0rc1 -- Help test 1.21 and update the announcement

Slightly related here, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/57067/ should be included in 1.21.

Mark A. Hershberger

9:39 p.m.

New subject: MediaWiki 1.21.0rc1 -- Help test 1.21 and update the announcement

On 04/02/2013 05:30 PM, Brad Jorsch wrote:

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Slightly related here, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/57067/ should be included in 1.21.

Very related. Thanks for pointing this out. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/57198/ If anyone else is aware of similar bug fixes that should go into 1.21, please either notify me or submit them to REL1_21 -- http://hexmode.com/ [We are] immortal ... because [we have] a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. -- William Faulker, Nobel Prize acceptance speech

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