[Wikitech-l] Scrum of scrums/2020-04-01

Hi,

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Željko

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= 2020-04-01 =

== Callouts == * Release Engineering ** [All] Review guidance at [[wikitech:Deployments/Covid-19]] and Code Deployment Office Hour at 17:00UTC in #wikimedia-office

== Product ==

=== iOS native app === * Updates: ** 6.6 release out on public beta (mobile-html integration) - [[phab:project/view/4273]] *** bug fixing and working towards code freeze on that

=== Android native app === * Updates: ** Beta candidate with mobile-html and Suggested Edits V4 features is being tested for a shortly coming release. ** Actively working on tech debt on Android and some analytics work for the release candidatesCurrent board P: [[phab:project/view/4645/]]

=== Web === * Updates: ** Summary: Vue.js iterations planning and continuing desktop improvements project (DIP). ** [[Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements|Desktop Improvements Project (Vector / DIP)]]: *** [[phab:T244481|<nowiki>Provide basic FeatureManagement in Vector codebase</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T243281|<nowiki>Build opt-out link for logged-in users with new vector on</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T248399|<nowiki>Document Skin API and their stability, if any (including Vector)</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T246419|<nowiki>Build collapsible sidebar and sidebar button </nowiki>]] *** [[Vue.js|Vue.js]] iterations planning. ** Mobile website (MinervaNeue / MobileFrontend): *** [[phab:T248415|<nowiki>Regression: MediaWiki:Minerva.css is being loaded on mobile site</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T248500|<nowiki>Replace $wgMobileFrontendLogo with $wgLogos</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T248141|<nowiki>Regression: MobileFrontend overrides non-existent user page handling in desktop view</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T248360|<nowiki>Phan warning in "includes/specials/SpecialMobileDiff.php" - working around by disabling</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T237230|<nowiki>Long edit summary/titles/user breaking AMC special pages</nowiki>]] ** Miscellaneous *** [[phab:T248133|<nowiki>WebInstallerOutput should more elegantly load Vector stylesheet rather than hardcoding a reference</nowiki>]] *** [[phab:T212521|<nowiki>RFC: Reconsider how we run QUnit unit tests</nowiki>]]

=== Product Infrastructure === * Updates: ** /page/summary endpoint: updating the list of api_urls endpoints. Removing references to removed endpoints. Is anyone even using this? [[[phab:T247991]]] ** upcoming OSM data re-import in codfw [[[phab:T243609]]] ** Wikimedia Push Notification Service RFC published: [[phab:T249065]]

=== Structured Data === * Updates: ** minor updates to MachineVision ** failed attempt to get wikibase constraints deployed to production commons :/ ** experimenting with Vue.js on frontend ** media search prototype

== Technology ==

=== Fundraising Tech === * Updates: ** Fixes to backup payment processor NL bank transfer integration [[phab:T247885]], [[phab:T248712]] ** Code cleanup and PHP7 updates for payment library ** Looking for alternatives to 3rd party cookies for hiding CentralNotice banners across projects ** Determining how to get 'drush' on debian buster - might have to bug releng for repo reset ** Reviewing contractor work on CentralNotice ** Improving email CC, BCC handling in core CiviCRM ** CiviCRM contact deduplication fixes: [[phab:T247377]] ** Testing migrating recurring card donations from main processor's old API to new API ** Starting work on matching gifts database sync: [[phab:T247878]]

=== Core Platform === * Blocking: ** Search Platform: MW Job consumers sometimes pause for several minutes [[phab:T224425]] * Updates: ** API gateway designs ** Finished Core REST API MVP epic [[phab:T229662]] ** New backwards-compatible hooks interface coming

=== Engineering Productivity ===

==== Release Engineering ==== * Updates: ** [All] Deployments/Covid-19 [[wikitech:Deployments/Covid-19]] ** Train Health *** Last week: 1.35.0-wmf.25 - [[phab:T233873]] *** This week: 1.35.0-wmf.26 - [[phab:T247773]] *** Next week: 1.35.0-wmf.27 - [[phab:T247774]]

=== Search Platform === * Blocked by: ** Core: MW Job consumers sometimes pause for several minutes [[phab:T224425]] * Updates: ** Data for events from wdqs needs to be deleted after 90 days and/or sanitized [[phab:T247034]] * Stuff no one else cares about:

=== Site Reliability Engineering === * Updates: ** TLS 1.3 support being rolled out gradually to cache-upload. ** After some routing changes, traffic to codfw will be routed more consistently and geographically correct.