Bug management/Triage/20130503

On May 03rd 2013, we're cleaning up some bug reports about the MediaWiki Installer.

MediaWiki installer bug reports

What: Bug Triage of recent Installer bug reports - see the 71 Installer bug reports that got changed in the last 12 months: full list of reports. We will be focusing on cleaning up, improving the quality of the reports, and retesting some. Note that the latter might often require a computer to install on. For testing either MediaWiki version 1.20.5, or [mw:Download_from_Git|git master] only if you are adventurous, are recommended.

When: May 03rd, 2013, from 15:00 UTC until 16:30 UTC. This is an ongoing activity: you can arrive / leave at any time.

Where: #wikimedia-office ^connect IRC channel. After joining on IRC, say Hello Bug Squad!. Look for users andre__. We will welcome you with instructions and help. Our progress is documented in the Bug Day Etherpad.

Who: Anyone who is interested, including you!

Why: A new MediaWiki release (version 1.21) is planned for later this month.

See also How to triage.

This is a weekly QA activity organized by the Bug Squad team. Join us!

Attendees

• AKlapper (WMF) (talk · contribs) - Trying to tame some bug reports and having fun hanging out with others on IRC!
• MarkAHershberger (talk · contribs)
• Valeriej (talk · contribs)

Results

Reports

In the dedicated session, 8 reports were updated:

• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42205
  • Could reproduce. Increasing priority and severity.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26689
  • Not reproducible
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29929
  • Not high prio anymore, as hexmode confirmed
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28304
  • Still valid, but cannot come up with solution. Maybe WONTFIX?
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30524
  • Still valid.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24771
  • Still valid.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44211
  • Closed as duplicate
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40966
  • Still valid.

1 new bug was found while testing:

• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48149

Other Installer bug reports received updates already earlier that week as part of the preparation of this bugday, such as:

• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26691
  • Closed as fixed
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28162
  • removed patch keyword as patch is in Git
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24751
  • Still valid, bumped version and clarified summary
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31533
  • decreased priority

Highlights

To do

Promotion

• Announcement sent to wikitech-l.
• Invitation sent to 47 bug reporters and wikitech-announce.
• Sent via Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and identi.ca.

Evaluation

For an example, see QA/Browser testing/Search features#Evaluation.

To do