Multimedia/Standup notes/2018/January

Matthias

 * Patches for patent agreement in Special:Upload coming up

Ramsey

 * Open day, quickly filling up
 * Break down some user stories from the epics

Pam

 * Getting back in the swing of things
 * Working on fileinfo page
 * Meeting with JMo about future of commons and other stuff

Mark

 * Coming back from a break means catching up on backlogs!!!
 * Also, one interrupt today, expecting to get most things done in the afternoon.

Amanda

 * Bothering people about all sorts of things
 * Working on the gantt chart

Mark

 * Caught up with backlog...onwards to meetingpocalypse
 * Also: Getting back into MediaInfo

Matthias

 * Special:Upload patent patches up for review
 * Looking into description/caption rename thing - will reach out to WMDE tomorrow

Ramsey

 * Waiting for Pam's input on wireframes
 * Will sync up with Mark & Pam on Thursday
 * Breaking down epics into new user stories
 * Figuring out annual planning with Amanda

Pam

 * Putting wireframes into Google slide to share
 * Will work on FileInfo page

Mark

 * Meetings today again - not as many, but still
 * Progress going forward on prototyping, have some data handling stuff dealt with on the frontend, onward to editing today probably

Matthias

 * Sent Ramsey email with Special:Upload & Special:UW patent screenshots
 * Sent mail to WMDE about changing Wikidata messages for SDoC
 * Checking out preview image failure right after uploading 3D file

Ramsey

 * Meeting with Pam
 * Looking at 3D patent screenshots
 * Syncing up with Adam
 * Working on quarterly checking & annual planning

Max

 * Getting ready for retro

Chris

 * Not much, how are you?

Matthias

 * Quick patch to fix Special:Upload license preview with ?uselang
 * Investigating 3D thumbnail failure on first load
 * CR for 3D patches would be great: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/397813, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/397825, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/398460, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/398845, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/401541

Ramsey

 * Meeting about FileInfo page today
 * Finish template documentation for 3D patent

Pam

 *  multilingual captions
 * Wireframe FileInfo page
 * Provide more info about tools & workflows doc to Sandra

Cormac

 * Started running PDF maintenance script
 * CR

Mark

 * Prototyping frontend: Slow but progressing as usual
 * Attempting to play with the Wikidata API during my 10% time as well.

Ramsey

 * Can't make this meeting because of a schedule conflict
 * Continuing to work with Pam on issues and requirements surrounding the File info page redesign
 * Covering general project issues/updates with Amanda
 * Working on addressing community feedback on the caption vs label vs description debate

Pam

 * Can't make this meeting because of a schedule conflict (same meeting as Ramsey)
 * Continuing to work with Ramsey on issues and requirements surrounding the File info page redesign
 * Working on V2 of Multilingual Caption wireframes

Matthias

 * Preparing for 3D deploy (updating 3d2png on beta, reaching out to Commons sysadmin for on-wiki changes, ...)
 * CR for 3D patches would be great: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/397813, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/397825, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/398460, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/398845, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/401541

Mark

 * Trying to deploy MediaInfo to the wmflabs instance - running into problems that I'm sure I've had before, working through it
 * Continued attempts to prototype - we chatted a bit about what we want yesterday, but it's still sort of formless

Cormac

 * CR

Matthias

 * Re-deployed 3d2png to beta: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T179887 & https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181762 should be ok now (Ramsey: can you confirm?)
 * Emailed Filippo about how to update 3d2png on prod
 * Test order of steps planned to deploy 3D things
 * Looking for a way to temporarily enable STL uploads to just us, to prevent sniping the 1st upload & give us a chance to test
 * CR for 3D patches would be great: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/397813, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/397825, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/398845 & https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/401541

Mark

 * Realized there was an unmerged patch for MediaInfo, need to get that through for the wmflabs deploy to make any sense
 * Got interrupted as usual, back on the warpath today between meetings
 * Some noise about how to implement styling in descriptions in MediaInfo and other non-Wikidata WB repos, not sure what the outcome will be, should do some lobbying there

Pam

 * Annotating V2 of MLC wireframes to show the design team
 * Contacting Keegan about getting V2 of wireframes to the community
 * Spending a bit more time on File Page in preparation for meeting with Sandra and Ramsey (separately on File Page)

Cormac

 * Vagrant issues

Ramsey

 * Finished
 * Lot of meetings
 * Some discussion about descriptions 
 * Quarterly checkin

Amanda

 * Quarterly checkin
 * Template for program planning

2018-01-11

 * Let's make this fast, maybe, and get to community time
 * Monday is a holiday, see you on Tuesday!

Matthias
Have some errands to run, won't be around for standup
 * 3D deployment plan: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184728 - Ramsey: can you doublecheck if I missed anything there?
 * Proposed patch to prevent first STL upload being sniped: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/403680/ - Mark: can you see what you think?
 * I plan to update 3d2png in prod next week
 * Need CR on 3D patches: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/397813, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/397825, https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/398845 & https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/401541

Mark

 * MediaInfo patch: Thiemo has a bead on what's wrong, but I need more clarification, we may be waiting a bit
 * AFK later this afternoon for an appointment

Max

 * Design process work - new column
 * Today: Not much MM-related

Cormac

 * CR, still problems with Vagrant

Ramsey

 * Yesterday
 * WMDE email about templates @ Commons
 * Quarterly check-in work
 * Planning with Amanda
 * Today
 * More meetings!
 * Sync with Anthony
 * Rounding up anything I missed
 * Matthias check-in for deployments

Pam

 * Got most stuff done yesterday
 * Design team comments on MLC wireframes, will incorporate soon
 * In between meetings, work on filepage
 * Meeting with Ramsey

Keegan

 * Nice to be back again
 * Today: Ramsey and Pam meeting re: Multi-lingual captions

2018-01-16
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Matthias

 * Respond to CR on 3D patches
 * CR
 * Work on placeholder for slowly slow thumbnails
 * Mark: can you CR https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/398845/ & look at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/403680/?

Mark

 * Helping Matthias out (see above)
 * Backlogs seem to have piled up over the weekend
 * Quarterly check-in today
 * Generally hoping to get work done, but not feeling 100%, so if the above is sorted I'll be happy

Cormac

 * Looking at UW Campaigns bug
 * Vagrant issues (no response from vagrant, had to destroy and re-create)

Max

 * Nothing exciting

Pam

 * Finish wireframes
 * Start drafting design rationale for each wireframe

Ramsey

 * Quarterly checking in 15min + probably followup
 * 1on1 with Pam
 * Rearange things in Pahbricator to track progress/roadmap more efficiently
 * Ad-hoc meeting today
 * Pam wants dev input on wireframes

Mark

 * Backlog almost done - was pretty useless for a good portion of yesterday
 * CR done - Matthias should be clear to deploy 3D config change
 * Few meetings today, hopefully progress in between

Matthias

 * Placeholder for slowly thumbnailing 3D files ready - just want to test some more
 * Possibly deploy 3d2png changes in prod today

Cormac

 * Fixed UW bug
 * Digging into Wikidata

Ramsey

 * Meetings
 * Prep for product oriented stuff

Pam

 * Close to finishing wireframes
 * Start drafting design rationales
 * Scattered meetings

Keegan

 * No MM updates

Mark

 * Yesterday: Progress still slow
 * Backlog completed at least
 * Today: Pushing forward some managing stuff, then back to working on MediaInfo with some input from Mobile
 * Also, getting ready for next week's trip

Matthias

 * Want to test thumbnailing on beta today (beta was broken yesterday)
 * Try to piggy-back on services deploy window for 3d2png
 * Looking into Wikidata

Ramsey

 * Cleanup background tasks
 * Review documentation (incl. wireframes, product team stuff, ...)
 * Reading various things

Pam

 * Link to wireframes: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ACN_ZRPbHVah5lwPBdeYLoHheiHtQ2gK4_lGhnLEVcQ/edit#slide=id.p
 * FInished wireframes (V3) and began draft of design consultation
 * Meeting with Sandra today to dig deeper into File Page

Cormac

 * Playing around with SPARQL

Max

 * Retro with the team today
 * Is QA bottlenecked?

Keegan

 * Going to be looking at wireframe RFC proposal rough draft
 * Catching up with Lydia/Wikidata

2018-01-22

 * Multimedia Monday!!!!!
 * Standups will not take place this week.

Matthias

 * 3D update: 3 patches undergoing review; hope to be able to deploy next week
 * Watched search video
 * Back to MediaInfo

Mark

 * Successfully returned home
 * Sleep schedule is 100% screwed up, probably taking some sick hours today to deal
 * Tasks for today/tomorrow as available: Continue moving MediaInfo file page content to an API/Frontend model

Keegan

 * Design consultation comments work tomorrow
 * Taking over tasks from transition, nearly done
 * Talked to Chris also, transitioning (except 3D)

Pam

 * Catching up on feedback

Ramsey

 * Went through multimedia Phab board
 * Devs: look at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185783
 * Available for impromptu posts/meetings
 * Finishing future of Commons docs
 * Start working on early search wireframes

Mark

 * Feeling less meh today
 * Continue work on shifting stuff to API/Client model
 * Meetings!!!
 * May be in-and-out over this week for various reasons

Matthias

 * Looked at multilingual captions wireframe & discussion
 * Looking into label/caption stuff

Cormac

 * Catching up on emails/chats/CR
 * Looking into the bug that didn't get deployed completely
 * Start working on search

Ramsey

 * Surprise meetings (who doesn't love surprises?)
 * Meeting with Daniel about File page, Alex and Amanda about IIIF
 * Probably won't have to do anything detailed for Annual planning but maybe a little bit

Pam

 * File Page research/design

Matthias

 * Housekeeping on open patches
 * Vagrant...
 * Looking into adding new 3d2png scap targets in puppet (as per Filippo's request)

Mark

 * Meetings yesterday illuminated some interesting stuff
 * Today: Attempting to fit the content of those meetings with my worldview, pushing code forward accordingly
 * Also meetings again today.

Cormac

 * CR, Vagrant, ...

Ramsey

 * Meeting with Wikidata people - discussed wireframes (re: getting rid of filename)
 * Brought up beta issues
 * Plans for next thing to prototype

Pam

 * Working on File page
 * Listing requirements
 * Research on similar pages in different software

Keegan

 * Looking into other/better ways to get people to sign up for information (Looking into using Extension:Newsletter)
 * Looking into other/better ways to get people to sign up for information (Looking into using Extension:Newsletter)