User:Catrope/Weekly reports/2012-01-02

Monday January 2

 * Worked on a hacky proof of concept for server-side magic word parsing

Tuesday January 3

 * 20%
 * Applied patches for and
 * Reviewed
 * Investigated and restarted stuck job runners
 * Fixed the job queue check in Nagios (gerrit 1766)
 * ResourceLoader
 * Talked to Tim about plans to move message parsing from jQueryMsg to the server
 * Wrote up a more detailed plan in a wikitech-l post
 * AFTv5
 * Fixed issue with ClickTracking data format, have yet to deploy this

Wednesday January 4

 * AFTv5
 * Deployed yesterday's ClickTracking data format fix
 * Found out logrotate had been truncating the clicktracking log file every morning, destroying AFTv5 clicktracking data
 * Submitted a fix for the logrotate behavior (gerrit 1691) and got Ariel to deploy it
 * Used ClickTracking to track bucketing on the live site for a little while, concluded that the bucketing is distributed correctly
 * Enabled ClickTracking for impressions and inits
 * Reviewed and deployed MoodBar and MarkAsHelpful changes
 * 20%
 * 1.19 CR
 * Reverted and redid it in
 * ResourceLoader
 * Assessed the state of the RL2 project with Timo on Skype, updated the wiki page
 * Fixed a few client-side loader bugs with Timo on Skype and Etherpad
 * Discussed approach for asynchronous script loading in the head, decided to write a test case tomorrow

Thursday January 5

 * 20%
 * Did some preliminary reorganization of the Gerrit hooks needed to make specialized lint checks for MediaWiki commits possible. Only half-finished because I don't know Python well enough (gerrit 1794)
 * ResourceLoader
 * Tested asynchronous script loading from the head in a bunch of browsers and found that all support it
 * But later, Timo discovered a regression in Opera. Will look into fixing that tomorrow
 * Implemented async script loading from the head in ResourceLoader, hidden behind an experimental setting