Topic on Talk:Wikimania Scholarships app

Full notes on etherpad

Attending: RobLa, Chad, Katie, Bryan

• Katie gave a little history on where the code has been and who's worked on it.
• Bryan reported on initial impressions of the code base
  • Generally positive with a few areas of concern
    • Password storage for reviewers (unsalted md5)
    • Data access layer (uses PEAR:DB for no apparent reason)
    • template layer is yucky
    • Could use a better interface for managing translations for applicant facing UI
    • Needs better separation of code from configuration
• Discussed next steps
  • Chad:
    • RT ticket in for a misc box to run it on (filed: https://rt.wikimedia.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=6054)
    • RT ticket for DNS/SSL setup
  • Bryan:
    • Outline project phases/use cases for collaborative review/input
    • 2 week focused sprint to clean up existing code
    • After cleanup evaluate viability of keeping it
  • Rob
    • Request privacy policy for PII storage/access/archiving
  • Chris Steipp
    • Final security review
  • End of sprint showcase (week of Nov 8th?) - Ellie, Jessie, Katie, Chad, Bryan, Rob, Dan Garry (optional)