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Mark Hershberger: Undo revision 2451 by Mark Hershberger (talk)

2020-09-03T16:19:27Z

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Mark Hershberger at 16:18, 3 September 2020

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Mark Hershberger at 15:00, 6 July 2020

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	** But [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/GitLab\|Gerrit will be replaced by GitLab]] next year.		** But [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/GitLab\|Gerrit will be replaced by GitLab]] next year.
	** GitLab's interface and work-flow is more similar to Github's, but it allows the WMF to host it. (See [https://about.gitlab.com/devops-tools/github-vs-gitlab.html Gitlab's comparison to Github] or [https://usersnap.com/blog/gitlab-github/ a (less biased?) comparison from UserSnap].)		** GitLab's interface and work-flow is more similar to Github's, but it allows the WMF to host it. (See [https://about.gitlab.com/devops-tools/github-vs-gitlab.html Gitlab's comparison to Github] or [https://usersnap.com/blog/gitlab-github/ a (less biased?) comparison from UserSnap].)
	** Related, [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG\|WMF's CI working group]] recommended replacing Jenkins with [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG/Report#Argo Argo]].		** Related, [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG\|WMF's CI working group]] recommended replacing Jenkins with [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG/Report#Argo\|Argo]].
	* There is a [[mw:Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020\|proposal to change the MediaWiki logo]] with options available for consideration.		* There is a [[mw:Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020\|proposal to change the MediaWiki logo]] with options available for consideration.

Mark Hershberger at 14:26, 6 July 2020

2020-07-06T14:26:49Z

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	** But [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/GitLab\|Gerrit will be replaced by GitLab]] next year.		** But [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/GitLab\|Gerrit will be replaced by GitLab]] next year.
	** GitLab's interface and work-flow is more similar to Github's, but it allows the WMF to host it. (See [https://about.gitlab.com/devops-tools/github-vs-gitlab.html Gitlab's comparison to Github] or [https://usersnap.com/blog/gitlab-github/ a (less biased?) comparison from UserSnap].)		** GitLab's interface and work-flow is more similar to Github's, but it allows the WMF to host it. (See [https://about.gitlab.com/devops-tools/github-vs-gitlab.html Gitlab's comparison to Github] or [https://usersnap.com/blog/gitlab-github/ a (less biased?) comparison from UserSnap].)
	** Related, [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG WMF's CI working group]] recommended replacing Jenkins with [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG/Report#Argo Argo]].		** Related, [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG\|WMF's CI working group]] recommended replacing Jenkins with [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG/Report#Argo Argo]].
	* There is a [[mw:Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020\|proposal to change the MediaWiki logo]] with options available for consideration.		* There is a [[mw:Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020\|proposal to change the MediaWiki logo]] with options available for consideration.

Mark Hershberger at 14:26, 6 July 2020

2020-07-06T14:26:31Z

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	** But [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/GitLab\|Gerrit will be replaced by GitLab]] next year.		** But [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/GitLab\|Gerrit will be replaced by GitLab]] next year.
	** GitLab's interface and work-flow is more similar to Github's, but it allows the WMF to host it. (See [https://about.gitlab.com/devops-tools/github-vs-gitlab.html Gitlab's comparison to Github] or [https://usersnap.com/blog/gitlab-github/ a (less biased?) comparison from UserSnap].)		** GitLab's interface and work-flow is more similar to Github's, but it allows the WMF to host it. (See [https://about.gitlab.com/devops-tools/github-vs-gitlab.html Gitlab's comparison to Github] or [https://usersnap.com/blog/gitlab-github/ a (less biased?) comparison from UserSnap].)
	** Related, [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG WMF's CI working group] recommended replacing Jenkins with [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG/Report#Argo Argo]].		** Related, [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG WMF's CI working group]] recommended replacing Jenkins with [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG/Report#Argo Argo]].
	* There is a [[mw:Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020\|proposal to change the MediaWiki logo]] with options available for consideration.		* There is a [[mw:Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020\|proposal to change the MediaWiki logo]] with options available for consideration.

Mark Hershberger at 14:22, 6 July 2020

2020-07-06T14:22:37Z

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	** GitLab's interface and work-flow is more similar to Github's, but it allows the WMF to host it. (See [https://about.gitlab.com/devops-tools/github-vs-gitlab.html Gitlab's comparison to Github] or [https://usersnap.com/blog/gitlab-github/ a (less biased?) comparison from UserSnap].)		** GitLab's interface and work-flow is more similar to Github's, but it allows the WMF to host it. (See [https://about.gitlab.com/devops-tools/github-vs-gitlab.html Gitlab's comparison to Github] or [https://usersnap.com/blog/gitlab-github/ a (less biased?) comparison from UserSnap].)
	** Related, [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG WMF's CI working group] recommended replacing Jenkins with [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG/Report#Argo Argo]].		** Related, [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG WMF's CI working group] recommended replacing Jenkins with [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG/Report#Argo Argo]].
	** There is a [[mw:Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020\|proposal to change the MediaWiki logo]] with options available for consideration.		* There is a [[mw:Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020\|proposal to change the MediaWiki logo]] with options available for consideration.

Mark Hershberger at 13:33, 6 July 2020

2020-07-06T13:33:37Z

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	From the [[Event:109\|recent #mwstake meeting]]:		From the [[Event:109\|recent #mwstake meeting]]:
	* 1.35 (out in a few weeks) will be the last release to support Internet Explorer ({{phab:T248061}})		* 1.35 (out in a few weeks) will be the last release to support Internet Explorer ({{phab\|T248061}})
	* Uncached VisualEditor w/ Parsoid/PHP (no JS, no RESTBase) for MW 1.35 LTS ({{phab:T248343}})		* Uncached VisualEditor w/ Parsoid/PHP (no JS, no RESTBase) for MW 1.35 LTS ({{phab\|T248343}})
	* [[mw:Manual/Hooks/SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec\|SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec]] and a number of other hooks are being deprecated ({{phab:T60137}}).		* [[mw:Manual/Hooks/SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec\|SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec]] and a number of other hooks are being deprecated ({{phab\|T60137}}).
	** See [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-June/093556.html the email announcing this] and [[mw:User:Jdlrobson/Skins_for_extension_developers\|Jon Robinson's notes about how skins are changing in MW 1.35]]		** See [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-June/093556.html the email announcing this] and [[mw:User:Jdlrobson/Skins_for_extension_developers\|Jon Robinson's notes about how skins are changing in MW 1.35]]
	* Extensions can now provide alternative database backends. Oracle and MS SQL are being moved out of core (instead of the core MySQL, Postgres etc): {{phab:T226857}}		* Extensions can now provide alternative database backends. Oracle and MS SQL are being moved out of core (instead of the core MySQL, Postgres etc): {{phab\|T226857}}
	* [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/ Gerrit] updated to version 3. You can now [https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/user-inline-edit.html create and edit patches via the web interface].		* [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/ Gerrit] updated to version 3. You can now [https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/user-inline-edit.html create and edit patches via the web interface].
	** But [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/GitLab\|Gerrit will be replaced by GitLab]] next year.		** But [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/GitLab\|Gerrit will be replaced by GitLab]] next year.

Mark Hershberger at 13:32, 6 July 2020

2020-07-06T13:32:00Z

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	From the [[Event:109 recent #mwstake meeting]]:		From the [[Event:109\|recent #mwstake meeting]]:
	* 1.35 (out in a few weeks) will be the last release to support Internet Explorer ({{phab:T248061}})		* 1.35 (out in a few weeks) will be the last release to support Internet Explorer ({{phab:T248061}})
	* Uncached VisualEditor w/ Parsoid/PHP (no JS, no RESTBase) for MW 1.35 LTS ({{phab:T248343}})		* Uncached VisualEditor w/ Parsoid/PHP (no JS, no RESTBase) for MW 1.35 LTS ({{phab:T248343}})

Mark Hershberger at 13:31, 6 July 2020

2020-07-06T13:31:29Z

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	From the ~~past~~ #mwstake meeting:		From the [[Event:109 recent #mwstake meeting]]:
	* 1.35 (out in a few weeks) will be the last release to support Internet Explorer ({{phab:T248061}})		* 1.35 (out in a few weeks) will be the last release to support Internet Explorer ({{phab:T248061}})
	* Uncached VisualEditor w/ Parsoid/PHP (no JS, no RESTBase) for MW 1.35 LTS ({{phab:T248343}})		* Uncached VisualEditor w/ Parsoid/PHP (no JS, no RESTBase) for MW 1.35 LTS ({{phab:T248343}})

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2020-07-06T13:27:34Z

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{{Blog Post
|title=What's new in MW for July 3, 2020
|tags=News
|author=Mark Hershberger
}}
From the past #mwstake meeting:
* 1.35 (out in a few weeks) will be the last release to support Internet Explorer ({{phab:T248061}})
* Uncached VisualEditor w/ Parsoid/PHP (no JS, no RESTBase) for MW 1.35 LTS ({{phab:T248343}})
* [[mw:Manual/Hooks/SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec|SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec]] and a number of other hooks are being deprecated ({{phab:T60137}}).
** See [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-June/093556.html the email announcing this] and [[mw:User:Jdlrobson/Skins_for_extension_developers|Jon Robinson's notes about how skins are changing in MW 1.35]]
* Extensions can now provide alternative database backends. Oracle and MS SQL are being moved out of core (instead of the core MySQL, Postgres etc): {{phab:T226857}}
* [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/ Gerrit] updated to version 3. You can now [https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/user-inline-edit.html create and edit patches via the web interface].
** But [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/GitLab|Gerrit will be replaced by GitLab]] next year.
** GitLab's interface and work-flow is more similar to Github's, but it allows the WMF to host it. (See [https://about.gitlab.com/devops-tools/github-vs-gitlab.html Gitlab's comparison to Github] or [https://usersnap.com/blog/gitlab-github/ a (less biased?) comparison from UserSnap].)
** Related, [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG WMF's CI working group] recommended replacing Jenkins with [[mw:Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/CI_Futures_WG/Report#Argo Argo]].
** There is a [[mw:Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020|proposal to change the MediaWiki logo]] with options available for consideration.