Re: [Wikitech-l] Translations on hold until further notice
Hello, This update is to add some additional information we are now able to share in regard to why translation updates are on hold. The Security team and others at the Wikimedia Foundation are engaged in a security event involving our translation services. No Wikimedia users or their data are currently affected. We made the decision to temporarily disable translation updates until suitable countermeasures can be applied and at this point reinstatement of translation updates is to be determined. At the resolution of this event the Security team will publish a summary blog post (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/blog/view/13/) including additional details as appropriate. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we work to better protect the community. John Bennett Director of Security, Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Translations on hold until further notice
Hey, I'm sorry to hear about such an issue. I can only assume it means massive trouble for your team, Greg. Unfortunately for me being one of the receivers of this message I must say it does not make the slightest sense. What happened? Is there a Phabricator ticket I can read up? What is the issue with making further changes to any en.json file? What trouble can a new entry in one of these files cause that you ask everybody to stop editing them, instead of – let's say – stop the bot that creates the corresponding entries on translatewiki.net? The request effectively means everybody needs to stop working on UI features. How do you plan to make sure such changes to the multiple hundred en.json files we maintain are indeed not done any more? What will happen if a patch gets merged by a team that relies on translatewiki.net translations, but did not got your message, or did not understood it? Nothing? If so, why can't we continue editing our very own localization files, and solve the issue your team is working on – whatever it is – independent from that? TL;DR: What is going on? Best Thiemo ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Translations on hold until further notice
tl;dr: Please refrain from adding new strings that require translations to MediaWiki and deployed extensions until further notice. Due to changes we are making in the way our translation systems process data we will be temporarily disabling the auto deployment of newly translated content until further notice. The goal of these changes will be to improve the evaluation of content submitted to our translation services. This means developers should not merge new translatable strings into MediaWiki Core nor Wikimedia deployed extensions until we re-enable the system. This is to prevent longer term issues where local wiki admins overwrite a string and thus prevent updates from new and improved translations. We apologize for any inconvenience this delay in service may cause and will alert you as soon as this maintenance is completed. Greg Grossmeier -- | Greg GrossmeierGPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | Release Team ManagerA18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D | signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
