https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Scrum_of_scrums/2016-08-10

= 2016-08-10 =

== Product ==

=== Reading ===

==== Reading Web ==== * Current sprint: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/2115/ * Next sprint : https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/2126/ * New language switcher button deployed this morning (about 5 minutes ago, as pages are purged naturally changes will be visible) * Lazy loaded images for mobile web Wikipedias shipping next sprint in 3 deployments: all small wikis, all medium wikis, all large wikis * Adding a contribution tab to the hamburger menu next sprint * Enhancing watchstar next sprint, primarily for non-js users

==== iOS native app ==== * 5.0.6 Passed Regression last week ** Holding while we diagnose a memory crash ** Working with beta testers to verify fixes https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/ios-app-v5.0.6-hotfix/

* 5.1 is in Development ** Major features are iPad and Find in Page ** Expectd to be feature complete end of week ** Expected to go to beta next week https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/1736/query/open/

* 5.2 Scheduled to begin development next week ** iOS 10 release ** Major features are Widgets and Feed improvements ** Expected to go to beta in early september

==== Android native app ==== * Current sprint: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/2091/ * Next sprint: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/2142/ * Working on navigation overhaul

==== Mobile Content Service ==== * Working on fixing links with + signs ( https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T136223)

==== Reading Infrastructure ==== * Gergo working on pywikibot issue, Brad is OOO

===Community Tech=== * Requested new hardware for cross-wiki watchlists ( https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142538 ) * Will be switching Macedoian and/or Swedish Wikipedias to numeric sorting next week for wider testing * Working on Programs Dashboard (https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/) * Working on IABot improvements/stability

== Editing == === VisualEditor === * Blocked: ** We're waiting on Design Research with T141069 so we can work with them on T141068 for the new wikitext editor work. * Blocking: ** Parsing team are waiting for our response on "native" Parsoid <gallery> implementation. Thalia will look at it. * Updates: ** Now live for logged-in users on Arabic-script Wikipedias; logged-out users planned for next week, then Indic script Wikipedias ** Lots of the team in town this week. Working on a few things. Come talk to us if you're also in town and want to say hi. ** HTML diffs for partial page saving (so faster saves); needs input from Services team on https://github.com/edg2s/restbase/tree/sections branch of RESTbase; PR forthcoming ** New wikitext editor work continues; https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142138 and so on

=== Parsing === * Blocked: ** https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141591 -- Security review needed ** https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/264026/ -- Parsoid-native implementation of <gallery>; need review and feedback from VE team * Blocking: ** Shadow Namespaces: Please review my comments https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91162#2408633 -- I think this is a RFC discussion matter, but happy to read through it and review it. :) * Updates: ** Parsoid cluster upgraded to node v4 & Jessie (thanks ops) - deployments resumed yesterday ** Next step: migrate deployment process to scap3 -- to be scheduled with Services ** https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/303912/ Implement magic word based opt-out of global user pages -- bikeshed on __NOGLOBAL__ or __NOFOREIGN__ ...

=== Multimedia === * Blocked: ** Is there an update on thumbor production status? (Performance?) It's still blocking ImageTweaks deployment. * Blocking: None of which we're aware. * Updates: ** Continuing our work on FileAnnotations; currently pending on

=== Language === * Blocked: * Blocking: * Updates: ** ContentTranslation dumps are available at, https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/contenttranslation/ ** CX MT card and templates getting new changes this and next week. ** Apertium -> Jessie work in progress. Few packages left to upload.

=== Collaboration === * Blocked * Blocking ** We are working on rewriting the Flow caching for the data center migration - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T120009 * Updates ** Finishing the ptwikibooks LiquidThreads -> Flow conversion, which had some issues - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119509 ** Working on allowing dynamic actions in the Echo secondary links (e.g. unwatching a Flow board through AJAX) - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132975

== Technology == === Analytics === * refinery deployment migrated to scap3, tested and everything works well * sqooping all mediawiki databases out to hdfs, from dbstore1002, so far seems to not impact that machine much * pagecounts-raw and pagecounts-all-sites dataset updates have been stopped, old files remain, upgrade to the new pageviews or pagecounts-ez datasets as per: https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/analytics/ * eventlogging kafka pipeline upgraded to fix broker restart bug * follow-up on pageview spike: Windows update caused a problem with the TLS handshake in Chrome 41

=== Architecture === ** **https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_committee/Status* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_committee/Status ** Last week: ArchCom meetings 2016W31: 2016-08-03 (Wed) *** 1pm PDT (20 UTC) Planning meeting: [[Phab:E250]] *** 2pm PDT (21 UTC) IRC #wikimedia-office [[Phab:*E251]]* ***** [[Phab:T128351]]: Notifications in core* ** This week: ArchCom meetings 2016W32: 2016-08-10 (Wed) *** 1pm PDT (20 UTC) Planning meeting: [[Phab:E258]] *** 2pm PDT (21 UTC) IRC #wikimedia-office [[Phab:*E259]]* ***** [[Wikitext]] *(and whether Wikimedia should invest in a spec)

=== Services === * Parsoid move to Jessie and node 4 complete * Electron PDF rendering service discussion: *https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142226* https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142226 * Working on new kafka driver for Change-Prop - deploy as soon as kafka upgrade to 0.9

=== Technical Operations === * '''Blocked''' ** None * '''Blocking''' ** None * Updates ** Parsoid clusters upgraded to jessie throughout the week ** Worked with research to get ORES workers their own dedicated cluster. Hardware estimations done ** xkey meeting held. ** Review of ContentTranslation apertium packages ongoing ** labs got openstack liberty upgrade

=== Discovery === * No blockers * Working on BM25 implementation * Working on multi-wiki indexes * Question mark removal deployed * Bugfixes for cross-language search deployed * Portal stats updated + fixes for small languages

=== Interactive Team === * Working on deploying <mapframe> and <maplink> to all non-Wikipedia sites * Working on replacing GeoHack with <maplink> + info screen on all Wikipedias * Working on deploying Tabular data on Commons. Already synced up with Wikidata.

=== Security === * MediaWiki 1.27.1 will be released this week * Notifications for OAuth consumer proposals are being deployed this week: ** https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T61772 ** https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T62528 * Planning for captcha improvements continues ** https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T125132 ** https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T141490 ** First step will be re-generating images using current script

== Wikidata == * No blockers. * New features on query.wikidata.org (live preview of example queries, map layers). * Working on first feedback we got from publishing the Commons MediaInfo prototype. * Layout tweaks to the default Wikidata UI.

== Fundraising Tech == * No blockers * Deploying and monitoring first activemq replacement changes * Minor Central Notice deploy with tonight's SWAT * Testing background contact de-duping script for CiviCRM

== Performance == * No blockers * Ori still out * Still doing heavy refactoring in ResourceLoader/Outputpage for the critical rendering path * Still working on transaction bugfixes and improvements for multi-DC * WebpageTest now supports Opera Mini & UC Mini * Thumbor plugins test suite complete, production work to resume next week * Team offsite to be in NY area end of November