On 29.06.2012, 1:11 Rob wrote:

> We have a longstanding request to enable HTML5 on all sites:
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27478

> We've had it enabled on mediawiki.org for ages, with minimal death and
> mayhem.  There are two issues listed as blockers:

> Bug 30525: Search bar icon/button slightly lower when html5 mode is enabled
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30525

Doesn't look that scary.

> Bug 36495: Sanitizer incorrectly converts align="right" for elements
> that are not table-cells
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36495

I could poke at it as part of my 20% time.

> Bug 30525 doesn't seem like a blocker to me (but patches definitely
> welcome).  Bug 36495 seems more likely to cause problems, though I'd
> like to nudge Krinkle to explain Comment 9.

> Assuming we can either get these fixed, or agree they aren't blockers,
> I say we set a date and go.  Should we plan on sometime in July (say a
> week or two after Wikimania)?

I say go for it. Some people are always going to whine, but we
shouldn't wait forever for a few XML-loving bots to upgrade. We
recently added IPv6 support, yet Wikipedia didn't die in pain while
some anti-vandalism tools were broken. Same thing here.


-- 
Best regards,
  Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]])


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