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|url=http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group/Meetings/2014-12-05_Telco | |url=http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group/Meetings/2014-12-05_Telco | ||
|attendees=Markus Glaser, Alexis Hershberger, Mark Hershberger, Cindy Cicalese, Karsten Hoffmeyer, Natasha Brown, Chris Koerner, Michael Anthony Alabastro, Tyler Romeo, Siebrand Mazeland, | |attendees=Markus Glaser, Alexis Hershberger, Mark Hershberger, Cindy Cicalese, Karsten Hoffmeyer, Natasha Brown, Chris Koerner, Michael Anthony Alabastro, Tyler Romeo, Siebrand Mazeland, | ||
}} | }} | ||
+ | == Purpose == | ||
+ | ; previous meeting | ||
+ | * [[MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group/Meetings/2014-11-07 Telco|5th Telco, 7. November 2014]] | ||
+ | :<!-- fill in here --> | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Time and Place == | ||
+ | [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=MediaWiki+Cooperation+Meeting&iso=20141205T1500&p1=1440&ah=1 5 December, 2014 at 3 PM UTC] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ; Dial in | ||
+ | * [https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/calendar/bWFya3VzLnIuZ2xhc2VyQGdvb2dsZW1haWwuY29t.cnc6cd0o70jd7jls3r3pfl45is?authuser=0 Google Hangout] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ; Whiteboard | ||
+ | * http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wiki-Co-op | ||
+ | |||
+ | ; Attendees (for real) | ||
+ | * [https://plus.google.com/events/chjem23kjqtlkjibd4sgeh5a7rc?authkey=CJus9PTHxOa32AE&cfem=1 Attendees] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Agenda == | ||
+ | |||
+ | # Welcome - Markus | ||
+ | # MediaWiki Stakeholders Group Recognized! | ||
+ | # Release 1.24.0 | ||
+ | # Upcoming release: Want anything special for that release? | ||
+ | # Bug reports and users' experiences - Mark | ||
+ | # RFC process | ||
+ | ## How many people use composer as a basis? | ||
+ | ## Extension management | ||
+ | ## Opt-in "Registration" for update notification. | ||
+ | # State of projects | ||
+ | ## Feature wishlist (Google Code-in students may work on this, too.) | ||
+ | ## Roadmap | ||
+ | ## Publicizing 1.24 | ||
+ | # Future conferences for a track | ||
+ | ## Wikimania 2015 | ||
+ | ### Mexico City, July 15-19 | ||
+ | ### Location and accommodation information are available at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City | ||
+ | ## '''European Hackathon 2015''' | ||
+ | ### '''Lyon, France, May 23-25''' | ||
+ | ### '''Location and accommodation information are available at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lyon_Hackathon_2015''' | ||
+ | ## US Hackathon Developer Summit 2015 (invitation only) | ||
+ | ### San Francisco, California, USA, January 26 -27 | ||
+ | ### To register: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Developer_Summit_2015 | ||
+ | ## SMWCon Spring 2015, TBD | ||
+ | ## SMWCon Fall 2015, TBD | ||
+ | # Other | ||
+ | # Closing - Mark | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Minutes == | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Attendees=== | ||
+ | *Markus | ||
+ | *Alexis (etherpad) | ||
+ | *Mark | ||
+ | *Cindy | ||
+ | *Karsten | ||
+ | *Natasha | ||
+ | *Chris | ||
+ | * Michael | ||
+ | === MediaWiki Stakeholders Group Recognized! === | ||
+ | *Markus shows status | ||
+ | * Yay! Thank you all for your involvement | ||
+ | === Release 1.24.0 === | ||
+ | *Markus points out that this is the place to raise concerns regarding any problems | ||
+ | * Meetings are tied to releases | ||
+ | * What can we do better? | ||
+ | * Any findings? Plans? | ||
+ | * Cindy: there are plans for an update. Were several point releases behind. Commited to keep up with the point releases. | ||
+ | * Mark: once there's an official release, early adopter stuff is taken care of | ||
+ | * Karsten: Not updated yet. Usually uses the latest legacy. Running on 1.23.7. Users have custom skins. They want to run on LTS version. Tests on a test instance before, manually. Release scheme is a good thing. | ||
+ | * Natasha: did upgrade. Has a list of things to do. Depends on Edlira. Is confused by Composer. Some extensions break. | ||
+ | * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g7MYYN6-AWRKp4AxdADUHx7jdsQe-XCl5V3fDEqfepM/edit | ||
+ | * Chris: running wmf-branch in production. No special issues found. Needed modern builds that work with mobile frontend and such, MultiMediaViewer, visualEditor | ||
+ | === Upcoming release: Want anything special for that release? === | ||
+ | === Bug reports and users' experiences === | ||
+ | * Mark watched reports about people having trouble with upgrading | ||
+ | === Report on MW users meeting in Houston === | ||
+ | * People seemed to like MW more than SP (SharePoint Wiki) | ||
+ | * Presentation my NASA and WikiEm.org an | ||
+ | * SP is pushing against MW. It would be good to come up with pros and cons | ||
+ | * There's some experience with 2003 SP | ||
+ | * Chris: can work on a comparison | ||
+ | * Cindy: Strength is fine graned access control | ||
+ | * Markus: SP is ok for small collaboration, but MW is much better for larger. | ||
+ | === RFC process === | ||
+ | * We take part in the RfC discussion to bring te stakeholders' view into the discussion | ||
+ | ==== How many people use composer as a basis? ==== | ||
+ | * Cindy: selective enabling / disabling of a feature on a wiki farm (not supported) | ||
+ | * Karsten +1 | ||
+ | * Composer works with homogenous wikis, but not otherwise. | ||
+ | * Makes upgrading fast, but can be problematic if one extension isn't upgraded. if the dependency wasnt updated properly | ||
+ | * Mark: we need a GUI | ||
+ | ==== Extension management ==== | ||
+ | * What are the requirements? | ||
+ | * Come up with requirements -- Markus will be asking for feedback on mailing list. | ||
+ | * Mark will talk to Quim and Rachel about Cindy going to SF | ||
+ | ==== Opt-in "Registration" for update notification. ==== | ||
+ | * There will be a special page: CheckMyVersion | ||
+ | === State of projects === | ||
+ | ==== Feature wishlist ==== | ||
+ | * Google Code-in students are helping by looking over mailing list. | ||
+ | * Alexis: currently one student has claimed the task of looking over the month of September 2014 | ||
+ | ==== Roadmap ==== | ||
+ | * RFCs substitute for roadmap right now. | ||
+ | ==== Publicizing for MediaWiki ==== | ||
+ | *Richard wrote some blog post under CC license free to use: MediaWiki - Software moving towards the future | ||
+ | ** Part 1: Skinning, Mobile, Dialogues: http://blog.blue-spice.org/2014/12/01/mediawiki-software-moving-towards-the-future-part-1-of-3-skinning-mobile-dialogues/ | ||
+ | ** Part 2: Visual Editor and simultaneous editing: http://blog.blue-spice.org/2014/12/02/mediawiki-software-moving-towards-the-future-part-2-of-3-visual-editor-and-simultaneous-editing-of-texts/ | ||
+ | ** Part 3: Communication, Wikidata, Translation: http://blog.blue-spice.org/2014/12/03/mediawiki-software-moving-towards-the-future-part-3-of-3-communication-wikidata-translation/ | ||
+ | **A German version is available on the Hallo Welt blog. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Future conferences for a track === | ||
+ | *Wikimania 2015 | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Mexico City, July 15-19 | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Location and accommodation information are available at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City | ||
+ | |||
+ | *European Hackathon 2015 | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Lyon, France, May 23-25 | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Location and accommodation information are available at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lyon_Hackathon_2015 | ||
+ | |||
+ | *US Hackathon Developer Summit 2015 (invitation only) | ||
+ | |||
+ | **San Francisco, California, USA, January 26 -27 | ||
+ | |||
+ | **To register: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Developer_Summit_2015 | ||
+ | |||
+ | *SMWCon Spring 2015, TBD | ||
+ | |||
+ | *SMWCon Fall 2015, TBD | ||
+ | |||
+ | * We need to find ways of funding travel to these conferences | ||
+ | * Could be a test case for our own funding | ||
+ | * Funding raised for track could be used to support travel. | ||
+ | === Other === | ||
+ | === Closing === |
Revision as of 14:06, 27 April 2015
Date (UTC): | 5 December 2014 15:00:00 - 5 December 2014 16:00:00 |
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URL: | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group/Meetings/2014-12-05_Telco |
Etherpad: | https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mwstake-2014-12
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Attendees: | Alexis Hershberger, Chris Koerner, Cindy Cicalese, Karsten Hoffmeyer, Mark Hershberger, Markus Glaser, Michael Anthony Alabastro, Natasha Brown, Siebrand Mazeland, Tyler Romeo |
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Contents
- 1 Purpose
- 2 Time and Place
- 3 Agenda
- 4 Minutes
- 4.1 Attendees
- 4.2 MediaWiki Stakeholders Group Recognized!
- 4.3 Release 1.24.0
- 4.4 Upcoming release: Want anything special for that release?
- 4.5 Bug reports and users' experiences
- 4.6 Report on MW users meeting in Houston
- 4.7 RFC process
- 4.8 State of projects
- 4.9 Future conferences for a track
- 4.10 Other
- 4.11 Closing
Purpose[edit]
- previous meeting
Time and Place[edit]
- Dial in
- Whiteboard
- Attendees (for real)
Agenda[edit]
- Welcome - Markus
- MediaWiki Stakeholders Group Recognized!
- Release 1.24.0
- Upcoming release: Want anything special for that release?
- Bug reports and users' experiences - Mark
- RFC process
- How many people use composer as a basis?
- Extension management
- Opt-in "Registration" for update notification.
- State of projects
- Feature wishlist (Google Code-in students may work on this, too.)
- Roadmap
- Publicizing 1.24
- Future conferences for a track
- Wikimania 2015
- Mexico City, July 15-19
- Location and accommodation information are available at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City
- European Hackathon 2015
- Lyon, France, May 23-25
- Location and accommodation information are available at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lyon_Hackathon_2015
- US Hackathon Developer Summit 2015 (invitation only)
- San Francisco, California, USA, January 26 -27
- To register: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Developer_Summit_2015
- SMWCon Spring 2015, TBD
- SMWCon Fall 2015, TBD
- Wikimania 2015
- Other
- Closing - Mark
Minutes[edit]
Attendees[edit]
- Markus
- Alexis (etherpad)
- Mark
- Cindy
- Karsten
- Natasha
- Chris
- Michael
MediaWiki Stakeholders Group Recognized![edit]
- Markus shows status
- Yay! Thank you all for your involvement
Release 1.24.0[edit]
- Markus points out that this is the place to raise concerns regarding any problems
- Meetings are tied to releases
- What can we do better?
- Any findings? Plans?
- Cindy: there are plans for an update. Were several point releases behind. Commited to keep up with the point releases.
- Mark: once there's an official release, early adopter stuff is taken care of
- Karsten: Not updated yet. Usually uses the latest legacy. Running on 1.23.7. Users have custom skins. They want to run on LTS version. Tests on a test instance before, manually. Release scheme is a good thing.
- Natasha: did upgrade. Has a list of things to do. Depends on Edlira. Is confused by Composer. Some extensions break.
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g7MYYN6-AWRKp4AxdADUHx7jdsQe-XCl5V3fDEqfepM/edit
- Chris: running wmf-branch in production. No special issues found. Needed modern builds that work with mobile frontend and such, MultiMediaViewer, visualEditor
Upcoming release: Want anything special for that release?[edit]
Bug reports and users' experiences[edit]
- Mark watched reports about people having trouble with upgrading
Report on MW users meeting in Houston[edit]
- People seemed to like MW more than SP (SharePoint Wiki)
- Presentation my NASA and WikiEm.org an
- SP is pushing against MW. It would be good to come up with pros and cons
- There's some experience with 2003 SP
- Chris: can work on a comparison
- Cindy: Strength is fine graned access control
- Markus: SP is ok for small collaboration, but MW is much better for larger.
RFC process[edit]
- We take part in the RfC discussion to bring te stakeholders' view into the discussion
How many people use composer as a basis?[edit]
- Cindy: selective enabling / disabling of a feature on a wiki farm (not supported)
- Karsten +1
- Composer works with homogenous wikis, but not otherwise.
- Makes upgrading fast, but can be problematic if one extension isn't upgraded. if the dependency wasnt updated properly
- Mark: we need a GUI
Extension management[edit]
- What are the requirements?
- Come up with requirements -- Markus will be asking for feedback on mailing list.
- Mark will talk to Quim and Rachel about Cindy going to SF
Opt-in "Registration" for update notification.[edit]
- There will be a special page: CheckMyVersion
State of projects[edit]
Feature wishlist[edit]
- Google Code-in students are helping by looking over mailing list.
- Alexis: currently one student has claimed the task of looking over the month of September 2014
Roadmap[edit]
- RFCs substitute for roadmap right now.
Publicizing for MediaWiki[edit]
- Richard wrote some blog post under CC license free to use: MediaWiki - Software moving towards the future
- Part 1: Skinning, Mobile, Dialogues: http://blog.blue-spice.org/2014/12/01/mediawiki-software-moving-towards-the-future-part-1-of-3-skinning-mobile-dialogues/
- Part 2: Visual Editor and simultaneous editing: http://blog.blue-spice.org/2014/12/02/mediawiki-software-moving-towards-the-future-part-2-of-3-visual-editor-and-simultaneous-editing-of-texts/
- Part 3: Communication, Wikidata, Translation: http://blog.blue-spice.org/2014/12/03/mediawiki-software-moving-towards-the-future-part-3-of-3-communication-wikidata-translation/
- A German version is available on the Hallo Welt blog.
Future conferences for a track[edit]
- Wikimania 2015
- Mexico City, July 15-19
- Location and accommodation information are available at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City
- European Hackathon 2015
- Lyon, France, May 23-25
- Location and accommodation information are available at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lyon_Hackathon_2015
- US Hackathon Developer Summit 2015 (invitation only)
- San Francisco, California, USA, January 26 -27
- SMWCon Spring 2015, TBD
- SMWCon Fall 2015, TBD
- We need to find ways of funding travel to these conferences
- Could be a test case for our own funding
- Funding raised for track could be used to support travel.