Wikimedia Apps/Team/Retrospectives/2018-02-13

Previous Retrospective Actions

 * Charlotte: Archive old retros CARRIED OVER
 * Charlotte: make a column for collecting tasks that need regression tests added NEW ACTION ITEM
 * Charlotte: Figure out who ought to be the owner for updating regression testing in the future NEW ACTION ITEM
 * Rita: Update regression list, we need a line item for every test, especially with stuff about new features (e.g., feed) NEW ACTION ITEM
 * Dmitry: update https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176860 with framework for full-screen tests (maybe also update title of the ticket) DONE
 * Specify the thing we want to test it on
 * Charlotte: Extend standup meetings everyday (was previously an short-term experiment), invite Corey and Rita DONE

Significant Events

 * Intermediate release released!+ \o/ \o/

Lacked

 * Time to get done the 570,000 things in my Trello list
 * Movement on reading list sync

Learned

 * The vagaries of why the app hasn't been promoted over the last year

Loved

 * Intermediate release out, off our backs, so we can move on to the reading list sync stuff
 * Moving to github in the works
 * Got some tentative commitment to move forward with larger app marketing efforts

Longed For
+ Updated FAQs in general
 * A bit more attention to detail and performance.
 * HTTP status codes handling
 * Better screenwriting on Star Trek: Discovery. #nospoilers
 * More communication with Parsoid team on changes that affect the app ++ +
 * Update zh - Android FAQ: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Android_FAQ/zh


 * More syncing on what's happening on RL sync b/t Android and iOS teams, and with QA.

Action Items

 * Charlotte: Archive old retros
 * Charlotte to talk with Anthony about how to handle adding regression tests (Does a column make sense? Who has ultimate ownership of this work? Can Anthony take Rita's outline and flesh it out more?)
 * Dmitry to investigate ways to measure performance hits on individual patches etc
 * Charlotte to review and update en FAQs
 * translate wiki?
 * Cooltey to review and update zh FAQs
 * translate wiki?
 * Charlotte and Rita to do a post-mortem on the issue of https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184780 ticket with Anthony
 * Rita to talk with Joe about why he needed to ask questions about RL sync ticket