Scrum of scrums/2014-07-23
Task Wall edit
Docs edit
Notable action items edit
- Multimedia needs review from Bryan or Ori for Commons Vagrant patch [1]
- Zero needs Analytics to start using new API [2]
- ECT is requesting OPS review of some RFC, and most notably requesting ops representation at today's RFC mtg (23 July, 2014) [3]
- Analytics needs Platform support on CORS whitelisting for EE dashboard [4]
- Editing and Parsoid to sync up on weird VE errors occurring on officewiki [5]
- Growth needs review on a mediawiki.ui patch
Multimedia edit
- Refactoring is happening on UploadWizard. So much refactoring. And testing!
- Final steps for media viewer are being evaluated; nothing concrete yet, but config changes may still happen. Also working with analytics on a new research methodology.
- 125 pre-rendering thumbnails - I think we got our ops response, so mark it as done. The beta cluster is broken in many varied ways now, though, so we're blocked from testing it...womp womp. I hear people are working on that.
- Waiting on Ori or Bryan to review the Commons Vagrant patch. Would be cool to get this done before Wikimania :)
Parsoid edit
- Code for mass visual diff testing is ready, tested locally -- but we'll hold out deploying it till some obvious rendering diffs are fixed first -- to avoid wasting time sifting through noise.
- We are going to start working on css-based customization of citation rendering -- discussion and strategizing over the last week.
- Reduced team resources last week with Scott in PDF land (in a sprint to get things done there with Matt leaving), Arlo travelling and not yet full time.
- Whole team in Mallorca starting July 29th for a week before we go to Wikimania.
Ops edit
- #125 - should be unblocked, yes?
- yes, see above
- #85 - is this moving?
- #120 - status update? Beta has HHVM now, yes?
- Had meeting about elasticsearch support
Partners + W0 edit
Adam B
- #124 MediaViewer - can be closed
- #2 GIFification - no update
- #121 Nested W0 configurations - no update
- #122 Thumbnail downsampling - bug caught by Bernd, fix will be deployed soon
- New card: waiting for analytics to start using Zero API (they know about it, just want to put it into SoS)
Engineering Community Team edit
Sumana Harihareswara RfCs that are awaiting Ops input:
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Standardized_thumbnails_sizes per the wikitech-l conversation http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/480641 -- Multimedia as lead on this
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Composer_managed_libraries_for_use_on_WMF_cluster - Bryan Davis as lead on this
- request for someone from ops to come to RFC mtg today https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_meetings/RFC_review_2014-07-23
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/CentralNotice_Caching_Overhaul_-_Frontend_Proxy - Matt Walker as lead on this, not sure who is leading after Aug 1
Language edit
- Closed #123
- ContentTranslation for es-ca pair on 'betalabs' was announced last week. We are actively testing it with real community/users.
Analytics edit
- Started review of "campaign cohorts" for growth, will be much more responsive to new patchsets there
- Finished prototype for Editor Engagement Vital Signs dashboard, need to talk to someone from platform about the CORS whitelist and whether or not they would allow our domain on there
- talk to brad jorsch
- https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/scrum_of_scrums/cards/132
Mobile apps edit
- iOS app scheduled for release July 31, various communications re: both iOS and Android is planned around it
- could lead to another spike in mobile views & editing
VisualEditor edit
- Roan got back from vacation yesterday and has no idea what's going on :)
- We're seeing weird errors from both Parsoid and VE on officewiki, no idea why yet
- roan and subbu to sync up
- https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/scrum_of_scrums/cards/133
- #100 should be done with Trevor's rewrite that landed while I was away
Flow edit
- Topic namespace rolling out, seems OK, needed some backports
- browser tests hurt by beta labs instability
- latest "Agora" mw-ui- CSS enhancements may migrate to core
Platform edit
- working hard on squashing HHVM bugs
- rolling out HHVM job servers out 'real soon', hopefully by the end of the month
- SUL finalization features in the works
Growth edit
- Working on our initial experiment on task recommendations.
- Also, we could use review on our button icon patch for core, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/139368
Mobile web edit
- #100 done, some styling tweaks to VE dialogs needed (to be handled by the mobile team)
- Tablet VE launch delayed; targeting deployment train immediately after Wikimania