Re: [Wikitech-l] Parsoid/PHP replaces Parsoid/JS on the Wikimedia cluster

2019-12-19 Thread Subramanya Sastry
We haven't updated the setup instructions yet because we are going to be making some more changes to how Parsoid/PHP integrates with MediaWiki. We hope to be able to get it all squared away in time for the next MW release. That will make the installation as simple as upgrading to the latest

[Wikitech-l] TechCom Radar 2019-12-18

2019-12-19 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi All, Here are the minutes from this week's TechCom meeting: * Approved: MediaWiki database policy and/or guidelines (2019): * Approved: RFC: Where to implement Desktop Improvements project * Began

Re: [Wikitech-l] Parsoid/PHP replaces Parsoid/JS on the Wikimedia cluster

2019-12-19 Thread Hogan (US), Michael C
The Extension:VisualEditor page on Mediawiki.org still guides people to use Parsoid/JS. Where is the best place to find instructions for migrating a wiki installation from Parsoid/JS to Parsoid/PHP? If documentation doesn't exist, I can help create it once I understand the steps. I've also

Re: [Wikitech-l] Parsoid/PHP replaces Parsoid/JS on the Wikimedia cluster

2019-12-19 Thread Amir Sarabadani
Great job! It's such a big improvement while users might not notice, I greatly appreciate this improvement as it helps with the development and running third party installations of mediawiki. Best and thanks again! On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 18:26 Subramanya Sastry wrote: > Summary > --- >

[Wikitech-l] New features for all mobile editors

2019-12-19 Thread Olga Vasileva
Hello everyone, As of this week, the Readers Web team has expanded the deployment of a small set of features from the mobile "advanced mode" users to all logged-in users. All logged-in users will now have access to article and talk tabs, as well as direct access to history pages. We hope that

[Wikitech-l] Early heads-up! Call for projects and mentors for Google Summer of Code 2020 and Outreachy Round 20 begins

2019-12-19 Thread Srishti Sethi
Hello everyone, Wikimedia will be participating in the Google Summer of Code 2020 and Outreachy Round 20! This is an early heads-up to potential mentors interested in participating in these programs

[Wikitech-l] MediaWiki Extensions and Skins Security Release Supplement

2019-12-19 Thread Scott Bassett
Greetings- With the security/maintenance release of MediaWiki 1.31.6/1.32.6/1.33.2 [0], we would also like to provide this supplementary announcement of MediaWiki extensions and skins with now-public Phabricator tasks, security patches and backports [1]: == CheckUser == + (T234862,

[Wikitech-l] Parsoid/PHP replaces Parsoid/JS on the Wikimedia cluster

2019-12-19 Thread Subramanya Sastry
Summary --- Parsoid/PHP, the PHP port of Parsoid is now live everywhere for all products on all wikis. Parsoid/JS is still deployed on the Wikimedia cluster but doesn't receive any traffic and will be decommissioned in the new year. Context: Making Parsoid the default MediaWiki wikitext

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Café online meeting for December 2019

2019-12-19 Thread Pine W
Hello colleagues, This is a reminder that the December 2019 Wikimedia Café meeting will start approximately one hour from now. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 10:50 PM Pine W wrote: > Hello colleagues, > > For the next Wikimedia Café online video

[Wikitech-l] Announcing MediaWiki 1.34.0

2019-12-19 Thread Sam Reed
I am happy to announce the availability of the general release of MediaWiki 1.34! While tarballs have already been uploaded, git tags will follow later on today. Thanks to everyone who helped out with this release, especially thanks to those who tested out the release candidates and provided

[Wikitech-l] Security and maintenance release: 1.31.6 / 1.32.6 / 1.33.12

2019-12-19 Thread Sam Reed
I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki 1.33.2, 1.32.6 and 1.31.6! These releases also serve as a maintenance release for these branches. While tarballs have already been uploaded, git tags will follow later on today. As a reminder, 1.32.6 will also be the final release for 1.32

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Ops] [Train] 1.35.0-wmf.11 status update

2019-12-19 Thread James Forrester
The 1.35.0-wmf.11 version of MediaWiki is fully deployed to Wikimedia production.[0][1] Thank you to everyone for their help resolving issues, both this week and over the past year. The train will be next deployed from Tuesday, 7 January 2020 onwards with 1.35.0-wmf.14. [0].

[Wikitech-l] Adding a Citation on VE surface using SurfaceModel

2019-12-19 Thread Egbe Eugene
Hi All, What is the best way to add a citation text on the VE surface? I have wikitext of the form {{sample mediawiki |Path= http://localhost/myweb/otherprojects/mw/core/index.php/Main_Page#Getting |Title= Medaiwiki|Publisher = [[Wikimedia]] |Date= 17 June 2019|Arrival date= 12 May