The idea of installing the extensions that are running on the Wikipedias on the client is to see if we encounter any weird interactions that shouldn't be there, i.e. it is some mild form of integration testing. Thus installing Oversight makes sense, as it runs on the Wikipedias.
Cheers, Denny 2012/8/17 Katie Filbert <katie.filb...@wikimedia.de>: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:51 PM, <jmccl...@hypergrove.com> wrote: >> >> This extension is obsolete! >> >> It has been replaced by core functionality in the MediaWiki software >> (which was added in version 1.16.0). >> >> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Oversight > > The extension is still installed on Wikipedia, as there are revisions that > used that and are still in the database. It's a bit irrelevant for Wikidata > though and don't think it affects the test system much at all, whether or > not we have that extension. > > Developers have created a maintenance script to migrate all the old stuff to > the new system, so that Oversight can eventually be uninstalled. > > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18598 > > https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/18229/ > > Cheers, > Katie > > > >> >> On 17.08.2012 06:50, Lydia Pintscher wrote: >> >> Hey folks :) >> >> Here is your fresh serving of Wikidata news for the week before >> 2012-08-17. The wiki version is here if you prefer that: >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Status_updates/2012_08_17 >> >> = Development = >> * Installed a lot of extensions on the demo system >> http://wikidata-test-client.wikimedia.de/wiki/Special:Version Let us >> know if any important ones are missing. >> * Going to old versions and undoing changes works as expected >> * The history and recent changes show useable comments now >> * The Universal Language Selector is installed on the demo and >> replaces the Stick to that Language extension >> * Updated Wikibase client code for fetching and displaying links from >> a shared (with the repo) database table, and optionally overriding >> them with interwiki links from local wikitext. >> * Improved internationalization messages >> * Added selenium tests for undo, rollback, restore, diffs, old >> revisions, history and a few more >> * Setup MAC to be part of our selenium grid testing environment >> * Fixed many little bugs in the UI, including cross browser issues >> * Improved modularity of client side caching and generalized it to >> work with any type of entity rather than just items. >> * Wrote up interfaces for snaks, statements and related stuff for the >> second phase of Wikidata >> >> See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Current_sprint >> for what we’re working on next. >> >> You can follow our commits here: >> >> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/(status:open+project:mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase)+OR+(status:merged+project:mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase),n,z >> and view the ones awaiting review here: >> >> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/status:open+project:mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase,n,z >> >> = Discussions/Press = >> * Internationalization, localization and co in preparation for >> deployment discussions on a rtl-language Wikipedia >> * Some mentions of Wikidata in relation to a re-design proposal that >> became pretty popular: >> >> http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/design-und-daten-wikipedia-soll-schoener-werden-a-848904.html >> >> = Events = >> see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events >> >> * upcoming: Campus Party >> * upcoming: FrOSCon >> * We submitted a SxSW proposal. It’d be awesome if you’d vote for us. >> http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/3710 >> >> = Other Noteworthy Stuff = >> * Logo is settled and all good now after some modifications: >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata-logo-en.svg and >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata-logo.svg We’ll be >> making stickers and stuff next. >> >> = Open Tasks for You = >> * If you want to code check >> >> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=need-volunteer&keywords_type=allwords&list_id=134818&resolution=---&resolution=LATER&resolution=DUPLICATE&query_format=advanced&component=WikidataClient&component=WikidataRepo&product=MediaWiki%20extensions >> * Help spread the word about Wikidata in your Wikipedia if it’s not >> being talked about there yet. >> * Help translate the most important pages on meta and the software on >> translatewiki.net >> >> >> Anything to add? Please share! :) >> >> >> Cheers >> Lydia >> >> -- >> Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >> Community Communications for Wikidata >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. >> Obentrautstr. 72 >> 10963 Berlin >> www.wikimedia.de >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. >> >> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg >> unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. 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