Those variables are in the process to be moved to Etcd to make the configuration dynamic, see [1] and related tasks, hence (re)moving the problem in the first place. Even in the case that this will not go to production in time, the hardcoded part in Switchdc can be easily removed, please find my detailed reply directly in the task in [2].
Riccardo [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T156924 [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164177#3224771 On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 1:37 AM, Eddie Greiner-Petter < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey, > I had a quick chat with Zppix about how to solve this and we ended up > creating this task instead of just sending in a patch: > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164177 > > While it looks quite trivial to change the strings in the config files > on the first glance, I noticed that the switchdc script actually > hardcodes this message in the scripts used to set mediawiki ro and back > rw (maybe also somewhere else, haven't checked), which needs us to pay > attention to not break switchdc by exchanging that message. Details are > described on the task, let's continue there. > > - Eddie > > On 01.05.2017 00:18, Jaime Crespo wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 9:24 PM, Eddie Greiner-Petter < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> That reminds me that we noticed during switch to codfw that the message > >> shown when trying to really edit a page (the mediawiki read-only > >> message) contains: > >> > >> The system administrator who locked it offered this explanation: > >> MediaWiki is in read-only mode for maintenance. Please try again in a > >> few minutes > >> > >> which isn't quite informative. Is there a task for changing the "offered > >> explanation" part? Some hint about the DC switch (and maybe a link to > >> the meta page) would be better. > > > > > > The read-only messages are controlled by these strings: > > > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/source/mediawiki-config/ > browse/master/wmf-config/db-codfw.php;a65f35adbc9d2c8c9a85e956a64661 > 783d2c973d$645 > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/source/mediawiki-config/ > browse/master/wmf-config/db-eqiad.php;a65f35adbc9d2c8c9a85e956a64661 > 783d2c973d$664 > > > > I think with the pressure of keeping everything up, plus discussing > > internally if we should declare a specific amount of time (given it > doesn't > > auto-update) we ended up a very generic message. We are, however, looking > > at showing better error messages like on the ticket I reported at > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T163455#3199813 > > > > Please send a pull request or file a new ticket on Phabricator with the > > #operations and #codfw-rollout tags with a proposal and we can definitely > > change it by Wednesday. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
