Re: [Wikitech-l] FlaggedRevs at www.mediawiki.org

2013-03-19 Thread Daniel Friesen
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:48:52 -0700, Dmitriy Sintsov ques...@rambler.ru wrote: Hi! I cannot check out my own Extension:GoogleMapsFn manual page changes at mediawiki.org. Changes are pending few days already. Can someone do that?

Re: [Wikitech-l] FlaggedRevs at www.mediawiki.org

2013-03-19 Thread Tyler Romeo
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:32 AM, Daniel Friesen dan...@nadir-seen-fire.comwrote: All you need is the coder flag which any coder can give you. I reviewed the changes and gave you coder. If possible, could I get the flag as well. I've run into the same problem before. *--* *Tyler Romeo*

Re: [Wikitech-l] FlaggedRevs at www.mediawiki.org

2013-03-19 Thread K. Peachey
What is your Username?, My crystal ball is still getting repaired. On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Tyler Romeo tylerro...@gmail.com wrote: If possible, could I get the flag as well. I've run into the same problem before. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list

Re: [Wikitech-l] FlaggedRevs at www.mediawiki.org

2013-03-19 Thread Daniel Friesen
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:52:47 -0700, Tyler Romeo tylerro...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:32 AM, Daniel Friesen dan...@nadir-seen-fire.comwrote: All you need is the coder flag which any coder can give you. I reviewed the changes and gave you coder. If possible, could I get

[Wikitech-l] Markus Glaser elected Chair of the Wikimedia Chapters Association Council

2013-03-19 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
Volunteer developer Markus Glaser https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Mglaser has been elected chair of the Wikimedia Chapters Association Council http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-March/124665.html , which will cut down on his code reviewing availability. ;-) Congratulations,

[Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Seb35
Hello, According to [1] and [2], Firefox 22 (release June 25, 2013) will change the default third-party cookie policy: a third-party cookie will be authorized only if there is already a cookie set on the third-party website. This would break most of the automatic login on sister projects

Re: [Wikitech-l] open positions at WMF

2013-03-19 Thread Platonides
On 19/03/13 00:54, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: Thomas, thank you for writing to us and mentioning that you're available for work! I'd love for you to take a look at the Wikimedia Foundation's job openings. For most of them, telecommuting is fine. That's a bit misleading, as only a couple

[Wikitech-l] Reminder: Next Bugday: March 19 15:00-21:00 UTC

2013-03-19 Thread Andre Klapper
Reminder: This starts soon, and you're welcome to join at any time. andre On Thu, 2013-03-14 at 14:20 -0500, Valerie Juarez wrote: Hello everyone! Please join us on the next Wikimedia Bugday: Tuesday, March 19, 15:00-21:00UTC [1] in #wikimedia-dev on Freenode IRC [2] We

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Platonides
On 19/03/13 14:38, Seb35 wrote: Hello, According to [1] and [2], Firefox 22 (release June 25, 2013) will change the default third-party cookie policy: a third-party cookie will be authorized only if there is already a cookie set on the third-party website. This would break most of the

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Brion Vibber
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Seb35 seb35wikipe...@gmail.com wrote: According to [1] and [2], Firefox 22 (release June 25, 2013) will change the default third-party cookie policy: a third-party cookie will be authorized only if there is already a cookie set on the third-party website. This

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Brion Vibber
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: An idea to fix it would be to take advantage of the new certificate which includes all projects, by having firefox detect that the ‘third-party site’ belong to the same entity, since they share the https certificate (we

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Chris Steipp
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Brion Vibber br...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: An idea to fix it would be to take advantage of the new certificate which includes all projects, by having firefox detect that the ‘third-party site’

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Greg Grossmeier
quote name=Seb35 date=2013-03-19 time=14:38:40 +0100 Hello, According to [1] and [2], Firefox 22 (release June 25, 2013) will change the default third-party cookie policy: a third-party cookie will be authorized only if there is already a cookie set on the third-party website. These two

Re: [Wikitech-l] IRC office hour on Tue March 19th, 1700 UTC, about Bug management

2013-03-19 Thread Andre Klapper
Reminder: This starts now. If you'd like to know how to better find information in Bugzilla that interests you, if you have ideas and criticism how to make Bugzilla better, this is the time for it! (And if you cannot make it, feel free to send me a private email, or wait for the next office hour

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Luke Welling WMF
If you want to play cat and mouse, a good reference for things that work is http://samy.pl/evercookie/ It's mostly targeted at a single domain stopping users from deleting cookies, but some of the same things should break cross domain security too. I'm not sure that end of web ethics is where we

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Jon Robson
Chris: On the latest iPhone cookies were not accepted from iframes from sites that were not visited. You had to physically visit the site by following a link or typing the url into the address bar first. We are currently investigating whether meta refresh etc can help here - although that's not

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Platonides
On 19/03/13 17:41, Chris Steipp wrote: On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Brion Vibber br...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: An idea to fix it would be to take advantage of the new certificate which includes all projects, by having firefox

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Platonides
On 19/03/13 19:21, Jon Robson wrote: Chris: On the latest iPhone cookies were not accepted from iframes from sites that were not visited. You had to physically visit the site by following a link or typing the url into the address bar first. We are currently investigating whether meta refresh

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Brion Vibber
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Jon Robson jdlrob...@gmail.com wrote: Chris: On the latest iPhone cookies were not accepted from iframes from sites that were not visited. You had to physically visit the site by following a link or typing the url into the address bar first. We are currently

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Jonathan Mayer
I just tested the behavior in Safari and Firefox Nightly and found that (as expected): 1) Single sign-on from a fresh browser session doesn't work. The user is not logged into other wiki* sites. 2) Single sign-on works for wiki* sites that the user has previously logged into. 3) Single

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Brion Vibber
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Jonathan Mayer jma...@stanford.edu wrote: I didn't mind the UX, but I could imagine some user annoyance. Here's an easy fix for Safari, Firefox 22+, and any browser with third-party cookies entirely disabled: 1) On login/logout, test whether third-party

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Jonathan Mayer
Brion Vibber brion at pobox.com writes: On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Jonathan Mayer jmayer at stanford.edu wrote: This would add potentially dozens of redirects on first visit by an anonymous user, which is probably not a good user experience. :( I'm suggesting using redirects just

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Jon Robson
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Jonathan Mayer jmayer at stanford.edu wrote: This would add potentially dozens of redirects on first visit by an anonymous user, which is probably not a good user experience. :( I'm suggesting using redirects just during the login flow, not on the first

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Jonathan Mayer
Jon Robson jdlrobson at gmail.com writes: Note 30* redirects do not count as visits to sites at least on iPhone (so probably Safari as well). This would mean using meta refreshes or javascript redirects - this would be a lousy experience!! I *think* there may have been an old Safari bug where

[Wikitech-l] Announcing the Wikimedia Iconathon 2013

2013-03-19 Thread Brandon Harris
The Wikimedia Foundation is partnering with the Noun Project[1] to do a public service Iconathon. The goal of this event is to generate 30-40 icons for the public domain, with the intent of primarily using them on Wikimedia Foundation projects. The event is open to the public in an

[Wikitech-l] Gerrit Wars™: a strategy-guide

2013-03-19 Thread Ori Livneh
In a little over a month I will have been a MediaWiki developer for a full year. Some unpleasantness earlier today provided a good occasion to reflect on some of what I've learned since last spring. I have decided to do so publicly, in my characteristic obnoxious and attention-seeking manner.

Re: [Wikitech-l] Gerrit Wars™: a strategy-guide

2013-03-19 Thread MZMcBride
Ori Livneh wrote: When the path forward is blocked, let the matter drop for a while and turn your attention to something else. Come back to it with a fresh and open mind. That is how you win: not with overwhelming firepower, but with lots of patience and a light touch. Having a sense of humor

Re: [Wikitech-l] Deployment Highlights - 2013-03-15 (NOW WITH LIGTNING DEPLOYS!)

2013-03-19 Thread Terry Chay
On a much more important issue, I choose the Mighty Thor[1] to show my allegiance. Curious if any of you are going with Raiden[2]? [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rnTpR4M1ZI [2]L https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiden_(Mortal_Kombat) terry chay 최태리 Director of Features Engineering

Re: [Wikitech-l] Default policy for third-party cookies in Firefox

2013-03-19 Thread Jonathan Mayer
Jonathan Mayer jmayer at stanford.edu writes: I'm suggesting using redirects just during the login flow, not on the first visit. If that proves to be a crummy UX, then you might try a redirect only through wikipedia.org on login or first visit. Jonathan Another alternative you might