Scrum of scrums/2014-02-04

Task Wall
Mingle

Docs
http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Scrum-of-Scrums

Notable action items

 * Language team waiting to hear from VE team about what to expect RE json i18n
 * W0 preparing to announce WAP/WML deprecation
 * Multimedia needs to discuss with Ops RE thumbnail generation
 * Ops expecting some delay due to resourcing changes on team, including SSL support for W0 (delayed ~1wk)
 * Mobile Web blocked on VE integration pending conversation with VE team this Fri

Multimedia
marktraceur/rdwrer
 * Missed a meeting, but nothing much inter-team has been going on, apart from continued work on QA and CI
 * Need to have a word with ops about pre-generating thumbnails for certain image sizes, and based on likely navigation paths

Wikipedia Zero
dr0ptp4kt (Adam B)
 * 1) 53 W0 dashboards - Still on hold.
 * 2) 57 Firefox OS exploration - Adam B talked with Roan and Timo T. The basic URL loader concept is okay. The MobileFrontend code will need to be rebased and un-conflicted to restart progress.
 * 3) 3 Support SSL - Rebase and un-conflict on Yuri's plate.
 * 4) 2 ESI headers - No change.
 * 5) 65 Android Integration - Adam B submitted first cut, it is undergoing code review with Brion and Yuvi.
 * 6) 66 iOS Integration - Adam B working on it this week, planning to submit first cut Friday for code review by Brion and Monte.
 * 7) 54 Dan Foy is preparing to message community about WAP deprecation, targeting Feb 17 for deprecation

Language
Niklas Laxstrom/Runa Bhattacharjee
 * Working on content translation: we decided to build backend service on node.js; consulting with legal
 * #71 ULS patchsets are under review by Ori; we will prepare to announcements
 * #58 Would like to hear what we can expect from VE team on json i18n -> suggested to mail VE team directly
 * Mobile has asked to review addition of mobile apps to translatewiki.net - Siebrand and I are working on that

QA
Chris McMahon
 * VisualEditor is down on beta labs, but a fix is underway
 * Auth issue in beta labs API from last week is resolved
 * QA/Release Engineering quarterly review is next week

Security/Platform
Chris Steipp
 * Starting review of Hadoop for Analytics
 * Will need a schema change on user from ops sometime this month (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/92037/)

Ops
Faidon Liambotis/Andrew Otto
 * DTO transitioning
 * Diederik helping out ops, lots of RTs being triaged, expect pings
 * Finally redeploying ulsfo
 * Oceania already being served from ulsfo; traffic to be gradually ramped up over the course of the next week


 * Tampa migration moving along, about to pick up in speed
 * Labs migration making progress again, after initial setback with Mike Hoover's disappearance


 * eqiad Row D about to deployed, ETA ~1 week (affects ElasticSearch deployment among others)
 * New datacenter procurement still in contract negotiations, with a clear contender
 * OSM being worked on, Alex is the point person
 * Initial target is Labs/Toolserver replacement
 * Research for tileserver & production to last for approx. the next month


 * Brandon to take over Zero work, but after ulsfo gets fully deployed
 * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/102316/ and others


 * Analytics (Otto)
 * work on kafkatee proceeding nicely
 * varnishkafka in bits is not particuarly happy. Dropping messages, not sure why, still investigating
 * analytics1021 (Kafka broker) down, (mostly) handling 50K msg/sec with one broker at the moment

GettingStarted
Matt Flaschen
 * Done removing Special:GettingStarted (modal, toolbar, and API remain)
 * Next big step is to deploy GettingStarted to additional Wikipedias
 * Drafts enhancements are progressing through design state.

Wikidata
Tobi
 * deployed quantity datatype to wikidata.org
 * works fine
 * no pressing blockers at the moment

Flow
S Page
 * Enabled on two enwiki pages as planned.
 * Little usage but tons of feedback,
 * issue is how often to deploy fixes how soon vs. riding the train in two Thursdays. We need a lightning deploy today for CheckUser fixes,

Mobile
Juliusz Gonera
 * blocked on VE for tablets (#70), waiting for the meeting with the VE team on Friday
 * Jon is making slow progress with Firefox OS (#57)