Bug management/Task list

• Phabricator: Prepare migration of Bugzilla and RT to Phabricator Status: In progress
• Prepare Google Code-in Status: In progress -- phab:T561
• Have a bugday on PDF rendering and the Collection extension on Wed 2014年10月08日 (organized and run by Nemo, Planning page) Status: Done
• Phabricator: Migrate RT to Phabricator Status: Not done -- postponed to November
• Phabricator: Migrate Bugzilla to Phabricator Status: Not done -- postponed to November
• Set up workflow for having a regular, easy "bug of the week" for new code contributors, with rotating support of Wikimedia development teams (based on Annoying little bugs) Status: planning page -- postponed to January (after Google Code-in)

• Phabricator: Set up Phabricator production instance and push fixing remaining blockers Status: In progress
• Phabricator: Improve its documentation Status: In progress
• Bugday on UploadWizard on Sep 09th 17:00UTC Status: Done

• Phabricator: Work on consensus on configuration settings, drive decisions and keep an overview Status: In progress
• (削除) Have a bugday on UploadWizard (削除ここまで) Status: Not done, likely to happen on Sep 09th 17:00UTC
• (削除) (With Quim) Set up workflow for having a regular, easy "bug of the week" for new code contributors, with rotating support of Wikimedia development teams (based on Annoying little bugs) (削除ここまで) Status: Postponed to October due to Phabricator being priority

• Phabricator (driving tasks): Get Alpha instance up and running; work on consensus on configuration settings Status: In progress
• (With Quim) Set up workflow for having a regular, easy "bug of the week" for new code contributors, with rotating support of Wikimedia development teams (based on Annoying little bugs) Status: Not done: planning page created on 2014年07月02日 targetting end of July
• Have a Pywikibot bugday with the Pywikibot hackers around the end of July Status: Done - summary email; wiki page

• Mostly Phabricator business (driving tasks) Status: In progress
• Prepare introducing "Bug of the week" by talking to development teams Status: In progress - Andre started preparing email draft to dev teams and workflow of planning on 2014年06月16日
• Have a bugday on older bug reports with higher priority in MediaWiki Status: Done - Bug_management/Triage/20140624
• Make Google Summer of Code 2014 and Outreach Program for Women/Round 8 mentors and students provide their mid-term evaluations Status: Done

• (With Guillaume) Close Phabricator RfC, and bring it to a decision if possible. Status: Done, see email
• Phabricator: Identify "heavy topics" and blockers (vs. acceptable trade-offs) that must be fixed before starting a migration to Phabricator. Status: Done, see board
• Phabricator: Act on top items in the "Doing" column for Phabricator migration Status: In progress
• Have sessions on Phabricator RfC and bug triage at Zürich Hackathon 2014 Status: Done (though dropped triage in favor of three Phab sessions)
• Act on feedback received on rebooted Annoying little bugs page Status: In progress -- some improvements on 2014年05月20日
• (削除) Prepare introducing "Bug of the week" by talking to development teams (削除ここまで) Status: Not done
• (削除) Have a bugday either on bugs with higher priority in MediaWiki, or testing the new PDF Renderer once a test instance exists (削除ここまで) Status: Not done - pinged on wikitech-l@ about PDF renderer status

• (With Guillaume) (Continued from March) Set up and facilitate the community RfC about Project management tools/Review, and bring it to a decision if possible. Status: Done - RfC started on 2014年04月14日
• (With Guillaume) Have another IRC office hour about Project management tools Status: Done on 2014年04月17日 and 2014年04月22日
• Gather more feedback on rebooted Annoying little bugs after GSoC start Status: In progress - Andre sent an email to five GCI mentors on 2014年04月24日 and received three answers
• (削除) Prepare introducing "Bug of the week" by talking to development teams (削除ここまで) Status: Not done -- postponed to May
• Have a bugday in the second half of April Status: Done: on 2014年04月29日 about General MediaWiki, see Bug management/Triage/20140429

• (With Guillaume) Lead the community discussion about the shortlist of candidates for Project management tools/Review (based on Project management tools/Review/Requirements), take the first implementation steps (possibly in Labs). Status: In progress
• (With Guillaume) Have an IRC office hour about Project management tools Status: Done on 2014年03月28日
• (削除) (With Guillaume) Set up and facilitate the community RfC about Project management tools, and bring it to a decision. (削除ここまで) Status: Not done -- postponed to April
• (With Quim) Reboot Annoying little bugs based on Google Code-In experience; Bugzilla's easy keyword; exposing an easy "bug of the week":
  • Kill curated list on the wikipage; provide specific Bugzilla queries and "getting started" instructions for each area: Status: Done on 2014年03月07日 (diff)
  • (削除) Introduce "Bug of the week" after talking to teams? (削除ここまで) Status: Not done - postponed to Q2/2014
• Better Bugzilla taxonomy: Discuss using classifications in Bugzilla and identify some initial non-controversial changes. - bugzilla:38990. Status: In progress; first smaller cleanup steps about "Tools" and deprecated stuff are (削除) bugzilla:57738 (削除ここまで), bugzilla:54063, bugzilla:53986#c15, bugzilla:55351#c4, bugzilla:62386, bugzilla:62384; Proposal to use Bugzilla classifications on 2014年03月10日
• Bugzilla setup / code:
  • (削除) Provide a NEEDINFO flag in Bugzilla - bugzilla:36064. Status: In progress: (porting more complicated as bmo will skip 4.4) -- might get postponed to Q2/2014 (削除ここまで)
  • Provide a way to mark an item as NEEDINFO in Bugzilla - bugzilla:36064. Status: In progress: Created list of pros and cons of two implementations on 2014年03月10日; next step is start broader discussion on wikitech-l@ and agree on which way to do
  • (削除) Install component watching extension to be able to receive bugmail for specific product/component for devs and triagers, plus no more manual adding of people to auto-CC by admins (削除ここまで) - bugzilla:37105. Status: Not done -- database issues when testing; not yet tested on 4.4 and upstream code is still 4.2 only. Porting more complicated as bmo will skip 4.4 -- postponed to Q2/2014

• (With Guillaume) Lead the community discussion about the shortlist of candidates for Project management tools/Review (based on Project management tools/Review/Requirements), take the first implementation steps (possibly in Labs). Status: In progress
• Prepare Bugzilla upgrade to 4.4 (and move to new datacenter) - Status: Done. Outstanding steps from bugzilla:49597:
  • (With Daniel and Sean) Switch database and DNS from old kaulen server to new zirconium server. Status: Done on 2014年02月13日
• Show common queries on Bugzilla frontpage - bugzilla:22170. Status: Done on 2014年02月13日
• Finalize Bugzilla etiquette draft. Status: Done - 2014年02月05日: Announcement
• Further small patches after 4.4 upgrade (License headers and template processing cleanup; (削除) numerous contributed Gerrit patches waiting (削除ここまで)). Status: In progress
• (With Quim) Reboot Annoying little bugs based on Google Code-In experience; Bugzilla's easy keyword; exposing an easy "bug of the week":
  • Cover common "getting started" questions: Status: Done added on 2014年02月18日
  • Improve Bugzilla queries on Annoying little bugs to show a good subset: Status: Done on 2014年02月18日
  • Add guidelines for triagers how to identify a bug report that is good for this audience: Status: Done by editing the "easy" keyword description on 2014年02月24日
  • Retriage existing bugs with easy keyword: mostly Status: Done

• (With Guillaume) Meet Project management tools stakeholders, determine requirements, and document this research. Status: Done by Guillaume here
• (With Daniel Zahn) Prepare Bugzilla upgrade to 4.4 (and move to new datacenter) - outstanding steps from bugzilla:49597:
  • Upgrade Bugzilla on zirconium from 4.2 to 4.4. Status: Done
  • Apply 4.2 custom changes to Bugzilla on zirconium from Git repository. Status: Done
  • Apply Andre's 11 patches (linked here) in Gerrit to port our custom changes from 4.2 to 4.4. Status: Done on 2014年01月07日
  • Test Bugzilla on zirconium. Status: Done on 2014年01月15日
  • Make collectstats.pl work - bugzilla:29203. Status: Done by dzahn here on 2014年01月29日
  • (With Daniel and Sean) Switch database and DNS from old kaulen server to new zirconium server. Status: Not done - tentative date: 2014年02月12日
• Show common queries on Bugzilla frontpage - bugzilla:22170. Status: In progress - 2014年01月10日: Patch in Gerrit; depends on 4.4 upgrade first
• Finalize Bugzilla etiquette draft once the lively discussion on its Talk page has ended. Status: In progress - 2014年01月09日: Announcement that discussion will be closed soon
• Fix inline displaying of image files in Bugzilla - bugzilla:54181. Status: Done - andre successfully tested csteipp's patch on Labs on 2014年01月05日; deployed on 2014年01月10日
• (With Quim) Finish running Google Code-In contest. Status: Done

• Google Code-In: Run and organize contest with Quim. Status: In progress
• Agree and finalize "etiquette" draft for behavior in Bugzilla, as discussed on teampractices@. Status: In progress - Discussion on Talk page still ongoing on 20131225 after asking for feedback on wikitech-l@.
• Evaluate Project management / issue tracking requirements and potential tools. Status: In progress - kicked off on teampractices@ and wiki on 2013年12月13日
• Test Bugzilla 4.4 with our custom patches on Labs (or zirconium in eqiad if production is still on kaulen in Tampa). Status: In progress, will need help from ops. Steps discussed between dzahn and aklapper on 2013年12月06日; dzahn has set up a copy of Bugzilla 4.2 on zirconium in eqiad (see RT #4783). Next steps are upgrading that machine to Bugzilla 4.4, applying our custom patches, testing, and finally switching over.

• Google Code-In: Define generic information (template) for all task descriptions; clean up & import tasks from wiki into Google Melange. Status: Done (except for tasks missing a mentor)
• Finish cleaning up and syncing custom CSS in Wikimedia Bugzilla. Status: Done - done (except for two CSS files) (bugzilla:54823)
• Write an "etiquette" draft for behavior in Bugzilla, as discussed on teampractices@. Status: In progress - first draft available
• Start planning evaluation of Project management / issue tracking requirements and potential tools. Status: Not done
• Start porting our custom Bugzilla patches by porting our 4.2 custom patches to deploy on a vanilla Bugzilla 4.4. Status: Done (bugzilla:49597#c5)

• Have Bugzilla entirely migrated to Phabricator Status: Done phab:T15, in Nov 2014
• Have RT migrated to Phabricator Status: In progress phab:T38, in Dec 2014
• Have a proof of concept for Code Review in Phabricator Status: In progress
• Have a public bug day approximately once per month. Status: In progress, planning next on in phab:T78684
• (With Quim) Expose a regular, easy "bug of the week" for new code contributors with rotating support of Wikimedia development teams (based on Annoying little bugs) Status: On hold -- after GCI, phab:T563
• Successfully (co-)organize Wikimedia's participation in Google Code-In Status: In progress, phab:T76720

• Progress on migrating to Phabricator: Set up Phabricator production instance, set up Legalpad instance, have test import of RT/Bugzilla data Status: In progress
• Have a public bug day approximately once per month. Status: Done (Pywikibot on 20140724, UploadWizard on 20140909, PDF renderer in 201410?)
• (With Quim) Expose a regular, easy "bug of the week" for new code contributors with rotating support of Wikimedia development teams (based on Annoying little bugs) Status: postponed to October

• (With Guillaume) Do what's needed to drive Project_management_tools/Review. Status: Done
• (With Quim) Expose an easy "bug of the week" with dev team support (after Annoying little bugs is in shape) Status: In progress, Andre preparing
• Have a public bug day approximately once per month. Status: Done on 20140428 and 20140624, planning for 201407 started
• (削除) Some more Bugzilla taxonomy cleanup. (削除ここまで) - bugzilla:38990 Status: On hold -- not enough time for this plus low priority now that we favor Phabricator
• (削除) Investigate closing components of extensions archived in the code repository. (削除ここまで) - bugzilla:47540 Status: On hold, postponing
• (削除) Investigate splitting "enhancement" out of Bugzilla's "severity" dropdown and make it separate. (削除ここまで) - bugzilla:58096 Status: On hold, low priority & only if we stick with Bugzilla -- not enough time for this plus low priority now that we favor Phabricator

• Social:
  • (With Guillaume) Meet Project management tools stakeholders, determine requirements, and document this research. Status: Done
  • (With Guillaume) Lead the community discussion about the shortlist of candidates for Project management tools, take the first implementation steps (possibly in Labs). Status: In progress
  • (削除) (With Guillaume) Set up and facilitate the community RfC about Project management tools, and bring it to a decision. (削除ここまで) Status: Not done - postponed to April 2014
  • (With Quim) Reboot Annoying little bugs; Bugzilla's easy keyword; (削除) exposing an easy "bug of the week" (削除ここまで): Based on Google Code-In experience, decrease manual curation work by providing links to common "getting started" questions. Status: Done on 2014年03月07日
  • Finalize Bugzilla etiquette draft. Status: Done - 2014年02月05日: Announcement
  • Better Bugzilla taxonomy: Discuss using classifications in Bugzilla and identify some initial non-controversial changes. - bugzilla:38990. Status: In progress; first smaller cleanup steps about "Tools" and deprecated stuff are (削除) bugzilla:57738 (削除ここまで), bugzilla:54063, bugzilla:53986#c15, bugzilla:55351#c4, bugzilla:62386, bugzilla:62384; Proposal to use Bugzilla classifications on 2014年03月10日
• Bugzilla setup / code:
  • Upgrade Bugzilla to 4.4 Status: Done on 2014年02月13日
  • Common queries on Bugzilla frontpage - bugzilla:22170. Status: Done on 2014年02月13日
  • Provide a way to mark an item as NEEDINFO in Bugzilla - bugzilla:36064. Status: In progress: Created list of pros and cons of two implementations on 2014年03月10日; next step is start broader discussion on wikitech-l@ and agree on which way to do
  • (削除) Install component watching extension to be able to receive bugmail for specific product/component for devs and triagers, plus no more manual adding of people to auto-CC by admins. (削除ここまで) Status: Not done -- postponed to Q2/2014

Note to myself: Try to keep in sync with ECT Quarterly goals and ECT Monthly goals.

• Social:
  • Prepare and organize Wikimedia participation in Google Code-In with Quim. Status: In progress
  • Work on "etiquette" draft for behavior in Bugzilla, as discussed on teampractices@. Status: In progress - Discussion on Talk page still ongoing on 20131225 after asking for feedback on wikitech-l@.
  • Evaluate Project management / issue tracking requirements and potential tools. Status: In progress - kicked off on teampractices@ and wiki on 2013年12月13日
  • (削除) Andre to learn more about / understand better Wikimedia's Release Management from Greg. Status: Not done (削除ここまで) won't happen this quarter, too busy with additional projects added while in Q4 (BZ etiquette & PM Tools eval)
  • (削除) mw:Annoying_little_bugs - try announcing an exposed easy "bug of the week" for new contributors, with support from dev teams (削除ここまで). Status: Not done -- Google Code-In has priority over this.

• Bugzilla setup / code:
  • Show InlineHistory in Bugzilla - bugzilla:47256. Status: Done
  • Bring "guided bug report form" into a state that it can be used to report issues for Bugzilla newbies - bugzilla:36762. Status: Done
  • Start preparing Bugzilla upgrade to 4.4 (and move server to new datacenter) - bugzilla:49597:
    • CSS cleanup. Status: Done
    • Create custom patches for the 4.4 codebase. Status: Done on 20131128 - bugzilla:49597#c5
    • Test locally Status: Done on 20131128 - bugzilla:49597#c5
    • Clean up custom Perl CPAN modules and replace by distribution packages; puppetize Bugzilla's package requirements - Status: Done - RT #4783
    • Copy current production Bugzilla 4.2 to zirconium in eqiad (from kaulen in Tampa) for testing. Status: Done on 20131225
    • Upgrade Bugzilla on zirconium from 4.2 to 4.4. Status: Not done
    • Apply custom changes to Bugzilla on zirconium. Status: Not done
    • Test Bugzilla on zirconium. Status: Not done
    • Switch from old server to new server. Status: Not done
  • (削除) Only after 4.4 upgrade: Provide a NEEDINFO flag in Bugzilla - bugzilla:36064. Status: In progress (削除ここまで) - moved to Q1/2014 as 4.4 upgrade takes longer
  • (削除) Only after 4.4 upgrade: Install component watching extension. Status: Not done -- database issues when testing; not yet tested on 4.4 and upstream code is still 4.2 only. (削除ここまで) - moved to Q1/2014 as 4.4 upgrade takes longer
  • Puppetize Bugzilla - bugzilla:51036 Status: In progress - dzahn of ops working on this since 12/2013