OK, but how can you have production ready for ipv6 and testing platform not :P
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Ryan Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Labs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l
