It's going to be a while. We're setting performance and stability as our current top priority.
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote: > We really need to enable it on deployment project, soon, is there any > progress regarding > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35947 > > On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote: >> Nevermind, I didn't check that the ipv6 was recently enabled there as well >> >> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> It would be so easier to update the tools if we had ipv6 enabled on >>> wikimedia labs. Right now the development is complicated since there >>> is no test site. But I am happy to see that we are getting some >>> progress in this. >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> June 6, 2012 is IPv6 Day ( http://www.worldipv6day.org/ ). The goal of >>>> this global event is to move more ISPs, equipment manufacturers and >>>> web services to permanent adoption of IPv6. >>>> >>>> We're planning to do limited production testing of IPv6 during the >>>> Berlin Hackathon 2012 (June 2-3). Provided that the number of issues >>>> we encounter are manageable, we may fully enable IPv6 on IPv6 day, and >>>> keep it enabled. >>>> >>>> MediaWiki has been used with IPv6 by third party wikis for some time. >>>> Wikimedia uses a set of additional features (GlobalBlocking, >>>> CheckUser, etc.) which weren't fully IPv6-ready until recently. In >>>> addition, we're working to ensure that all of Wikimedia's various >>>> services (mailing lists, blogs, etc.) are IPv6-ready. >>>> >>>> == What's the user impact going to be? == >>>> >>>> At least in the June 2-3, 2012 time window, you may see a small number >>>> of edits from IPv6 addresses, which are in the form >>>> "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334". See [[w:IPv6 address]]. >>>> >>>> These addresses should behave as any other IP adress would: You can >>>> leave messages on their talk pages; you can track their contributions; >>>> you can block them. CIDR notation is supported for rangeblocks. >>>> >>>> An important note about blocking: A single user may have access to a >>>> much larger number of addresses than in the IPv4 model. This means >>>> that range blocks (e.g. address with "/64") have to be applied in more >>>> cases to prevent abuse by more sophisticated users. >>>> >>>> In the mid term, user scripts and tools that use simple regular >>>> expressions to match IPv4 addresses will need to be adapted for IPv6 >>>> support to behave correctly. We suspect that IPv6 usage is going to be >>>> very low initially, meaning that abuse should be manageable, and we >>>> will assist in the monitoring of the situation. >>>> >>>> User:Jasper Deng is maintaining a comprehensive analysis of the long >>>> term implications of the IPv6 migration here: >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jasper_Deng/IPv6 >>>> >>>> We've set up a test wiki where you can see IPv6 IP addresses. This >>>> works by assigning you a fake IPv6 address the moment you visit the >>>> wiki, and allows you to see the behavior of various tools with the new >>>> address format: >>>> http://ipv6test.wmflabs.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page >>>> >>>> The best way to report issues is to register them in Bugzilla and to >>>> ensure that they are marked as blockers for the IPv6 tracking bug: >>>> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35540 >>>> >>>> We'll post updates to wikitech-l and elsewhere as appropriate. >>>> >>>> All best, >>>> Erik >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Erik Möller >>>> VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation >>>> >>>> Support Free Knowledge: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikitech-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > Labs-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l _______________________________________________ Labs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l
