Bug management/platformeng

This page is used to document tickets discussed in the weekly meeting between Greg Grossmeier and Andre Klapper.

2014-03-17

 * nothing to report, but I'd love to see further investigation on https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32551

2014-03-10

 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62422 got marked as a deployment blocker and there's a patch. and a user said it works.
 * There are also two deployment system related patches in https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62262#c3 and https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51174#c24 that you are probably aware of

2014-02-24

 * No new breakage to report, and nothing on fire.
 * Someone should investigate descriptionless files on Commons: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32551#c22 - I've CC'ed Sean and Aaron already.
 * Pinged Greg on https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31369 as Greg set it to highest prio half a year ago.
 * Push for a solution on https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61729 (Flow on Meta) - Greg plans to talk to Growth.

2014-02-10

 * Just want to make you aware of the comment in https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60997#c4 - might welcome a reply to our volunteer coders
 * but apart from that I have not seen anything new in the VPs or "really bad" in Bugzilla

2014-02-03

 * Apart from https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60710 (that I marked as blocking the next deployment due to the issue with dumps, though I'm not convinced) I haven't seen anything today in the Village Pumps and Boogzillas.

2014-01-27

 * FYI, some dissent here: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60408 - Enable global AbuseFilters for all small wikis
 * FYI, Flow deployment vs community consensus in https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60178 but you commented already on https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57512
 * Greg is aware of both of them
 * (no new platformeng tagged tickets)

2014-01-13

 * FYI, search index not updating on en and de: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59979 but Chad and Nik have commented.
 * FYI, several WP frontpages were not working today: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59993 - Handled by ops already by reverting the WM configuration patch for CategoryTree's https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/59798 (ticket is reopened now). See Mark's analysis and recommendations on ops mailing list from 15:53 today.
 * Went through forums and mail and there's nothing urgent to report that I'm aware of, so nothing actionable for Greg.

2014-01-06

 * Situation in https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59234 - patches to backport
 * reproduced in https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59234#c28
 * greg-g to find somebody to work on this (pinged Reedy), or to back out.
 * Investigate https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59677 ? "Either FlaggedRevs is not logging to CheckUser or CU query is broken"; the usual people are CC'ed already; but might welcome a nudge
 * FYI, accidentially removing deployed sec fixes on server happened again (but got fixed), see https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57081#c25
 * FYI, I'm very happy to see a patch in 57489 being merged; one highest priority item less
 * Didn't see anything in the VillagePumps today worth escalating
 * No new tickets tagged with the "platformeng" keyword in the last 14 days

2013-12-09

 * issues with ODT, ZIM and Ebook PDF export on Special:Book (but not on all servers): https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=57920,57975,58151. Sent email to MaxSem, mwalker and CC'ed greg.
 * request to backport https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58128
 * Still some ProofreadPage issues left, like https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57616 but nothing to act on
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58042 - some investigation by Parser folks very welcome (pinged tstarling already on that one, but no reply yet)
 * just FYI, Marcin Cieslak filed a bunch of reports refering to test regressions, mostly with regard to PostgreSQL support: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=58191,58189,37702
 * just FYI: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56506#c7 (Flow deployment on test2) is listed for tomorrow but still has two dependency bugs open (sec review; the other one is ignorable)
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58074#c6 (some namespace aliases not working anymore on ml wikis). I pinged Reedy on Fri or Thu but no response, plus no idea who could analyze what happened here.

2013-12-02

 * Flow deployment Dec04: Both blockers NOT SOLVED YET: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56506 (you were CCed)
 * Gre to talk with csteipp about security; making it easier to revert Flow, telling ops what's coming
 * Self-edit conflicts, might be worth to investigate?:
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57264
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53646
 * greg said: no dataloss, nothing to worry yet.
 * People with login problems
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53755
 * https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57791
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29#Cannot_log_in:_.22Incorrect_password.22_even_after_resetting_it
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29#Problem_logging_in
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29#Can.27t_log_in
 * drop an email to Reedy and Brad (as csteipp has lots of work) and CC greg
 * Just FYI, Labs replication issue gets some buzz and disruption, issue has been on and off (but Coren seems to be on it): https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57642
 * discussed on IRC with Coren and greg