[Wikitech-l] Data for skin testing

2013-05-28 Thread Yury Katkov
Hi everyone! How do you test Vector-compatible skins? I mean there are a lot of css classes that embedded in the Vector and in the extensions so I guess some data for tests should exist somewhere. - Yury Katkov, WikiVote ___ Wikitech-l mailing list

[Wikitech-l] WikiApiary reporting MediaWiki Git releases in use

2013-05-28 Thread Jamie Thingelstad
I've started grabbing a bunch of additional site info in WikiApiary and recently put this query together that I thought people on this list might find interesting. It specifically looks at MediaWiki sites that are reporting a git-hash in site info and then shows what is being used most: http://

Re: [Wikitech-l] Using Skin system as a beta development environment

2013-05-28 Thread Matthew Flaschen
On 05/28/2013 05:55 PM, Jon Robson wrote: > It strikes me that the skin system would lend itself beautifully to > bridging this communication gap between developers and editors. > > class SkinVectorBeta extends SkinVector { > public function initPage( OutputPage $out ) { > parent::initPage(

[Wikitech-l] Getting started with code review: suggestions from OpenStack

2013-05-28 Thread Ori Livneh
If you've thought about contributing or reviewing code, but aren't sure where to start, there's a good blog post from a GNOME OPW intern that I'd like to recommend. It was written for OpenStack, but the advice is applicable to MediaWiki contributors too, since the two foundations have common toolin

[Wikitech-l] Using Skin system as a beta development environment

2013-05-28 Thread Jon Robson
In my short time at the Foundation I've seen various problems which have risen due to communication problems between seasoned wikipedia editors, WMF teams and volunteer developers. Echo comes to mind as does the mobile photo upload feature my team designed. It strikes me that the skin system would

Re: [Wikitech-l] Bugzilla Weekly Report

2013-05-28 Thread Quim Gil
On 05/27/2013 08:25 AM, Andre Klapper wrote: I am happy to say that this was the first Weekly Report email for which I finally trust its numbers. Let me say: thank you for your perseverance! Buggy Bugzilla bug data shouldn't be allowed in this universe. -- Quim _

[Wikitech-l] QA: new mail list, update from Amsterdam, etc.

2013-05-28 Thread Chris McMahon
Because of a surge of interest in recent times, we have started a mail list for QA activities connected with WMF projects. If this interests you, feel free to sign up at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/qa. The list is completely open, so also feel free to mention it to anyone else for

Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki 1.21.0 released

2013-05-28 Thread Mark A. Hershberger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/28/2013 08:44 AM, Huib Laurens wrote: > A error like this should be fixed right after Discovery? I was very busy with F2F meetings with people involved in MediaWiki this weekend and this error is a cosmetic one, not a functional one, hence the l

Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki 1.21.0 released

2013-05-28 Thread Huib Laurens
Just wondering: Why do a release à go home? A error like this should be fixed right after Discovery? Huib Op dinsdag 28 mei 2013 schreef Mark A. Hershberger (m...@everybody.org) het volgende: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/26/2013 10:19 AM, Jamie Thingelstad wrote:

Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki 1.21.0 released

2013-05-28 Thread Mark A. Hershberger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/26/2013 10:19 AM, Jamie Thingelstad wrote: > I assume a new tarball will be generated soon with the right info? Today is my first full day back home since the release. I'll put together a new release today. - -- http://hexmode.com/ Imaginati

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC and OPW results

2013-05-28 Thread Jiabao Wu
Yeah, thanks a lot for all Quim's help! :D Applying for GSoC, I had a great experience with Mediawiki. Feels like a door is open. Foss and MW are awesome!! Cheers, On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Pragun Bhutani wrote: > Yaaay! > > And thanks for the news Quim. :) > > I'm really excited about t