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> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:10:34 -0700 > From: Greg Grossmeier <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia developers <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Deployment highlights - week of August 19th > > Quick update: > > Visual Editor will be rolling out their latest wmf13 branch (not > MediaWiki 1.22wmf13, but the VisualEditor code branched for wmf13) on > the afternoon of Tuesday the 20th. > > Wikitech Deployments page has been updated to reflect this. > > Greg > > <quote name="Greg Grossmeier" date="2013-08-16" time="15:34:21 -0700"> > > Here is your weekly dose of deployment highlights! > > > > Full schedule always available at: > > https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments > > > > Next week's: > > https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments#Week_of_August_19th > > > > Highlights below... > > > > == Monday == > > * We'll be enabling Ceph on production. Ceph is used for storage of > > media files (eg: images, videos, etc). More (very detailed) > > information about this can be found at: > > https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ceph > > * We'll be deploying OAuth to the set of test wikis (test.wikipedia, > > test2.wikipedia, mediawiki.org, and test.wikidata.org). More > > information about the OAuth work can be found at: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Oauth > > * MediaWiki 1.22wmf13 will be deployed to the second group of wikis, > > ie: all non-Wikipedia project sites. > > For the list of important changes, see: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.22/wmf13#Important_Changes > > > > == Tuesday == > > * Notifications (Echo) will be deployed to the first set of non-english > > pilot sites, specifically French and Polish. > > See the Notifications release plan at: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Release_Plan_2013 > > > > == Wednesday == > > * We will enable secure login (via HTTPS) by default. This means that > > all logged in users will read and edit the site via a secure > > connection over HTTPS. Given some restrictions/internet blocks in some > > jurisdictions, we will disable this feature on specific language > > wikis. > > > > There is a page on MetaWiki explaining this, with a link to the > > Wikimedia blog post that originally announced the plan here: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/HTTPS > > > > This is a first step along a route to improved security while also > > taking into account internet censorship in certain jurisdictions. > > > > There will be more communication about this rollout on Monday the > > 19th. > > > > == Thursday == > > * MediaWiki 1.22wmf13 will be deployed to the last group of wikis, ie: > > all Wikipedia project sites. > > For the list of important changes, see: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.22/wmf13#Important_Changes > > > > > > If you have any questions, please let me know. > > > > Greg > > > > -- > > | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | > > | identi.ca: @greg A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D | > > > > -- > | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | > | identi.ca: @greg A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D | ----- End forwarded message ----- -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | identi.ca: @greg A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |
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