MW 1.39 release issue tracker

[yaronkoren]

It's my hope that the MediaWiki 1.39 version of Canasta will not just be another version - with updated MediaWiki code - but the first truly stable version, where major bugs and problems no longer exist. (One can hope, anyway.) To that end, I've compiled a list of all the bugs/issues that I feel need to be fixed/addressed before the official 1.39 version of Canasta can be released. I've also listed a bunch of issues that would be nice to fix, but I don't think should block the release if they're not done.

It should be noted that some of these issues (of both types) already have patches created for them that just need to be reviewed and (ideally) merged in.

Tasks with a purple icon have been merged into master or some branch, and should be considered completed.

Tasks with a dagger (†) at the end have a patch created for them that has not yet been approved.

Main Canasta issues

• Clarify to users that $wgSMTP is required for mailing #145
• Load Bootstrap extension if Chameleon loaded during manual (non-CLI) install #148
• Remove backup_scripts/, backups/ and kubernetes/ directories #197
• Remove SocialProfile patches #198

Nice to have but not necessary

• Failed to mkdir "/var/www/mediawiki/w/sitemap/" #85
• Add backup before running update.php #139
• Automatically update extension and skin symlinks when changes occur #159 †
• Adds Compose files for Traefik setup Canasta-DockerCompose#26

CLI issues

• Add Git as prereq to code and documentation Canasta-CLI#26 †
• Explicitly set shell used to bash Canasta-CLI#32
• Create .config directory if it's needed and doesn't exist Canasta-CLI#42
• Admin name in "canasta create" should default to WikiSysop Canasta-CLI#37
• Automatically-generated passwords don't show up anywhere? Canasta-CLI#40

Nice to have but not necessary

• Need CLI command to call any MW "maintenance" script Canasta-CLI#43
• Add "canasta elasticsearch index" command Canasta-CLI#41 †
• Add Upgrade command Canasta-CLI#36 †

Extension and skin issues

• Remove (or fix) DiscussionTools extension #137
• Remove SocialProfile extension? #107
• Remove Math extension from Dockerfile #181
• Remove "Semantic MediaWiki was installed but not enabled on this wiki" message from Special:Version #143
• Install EmailAuthorization extension completely #155
• Update ApprovedRevs, Cargo, PageForms, VEForAll to the 1.39 version #163
• Update or remove Refreshed skin patch #166
• Update or remove Vector skin's "VectorGeneratedSkinData" patch #167
• Remove patches that are unnecessary for MW 1.39 #168

Nice to have but not necessary

• Add PagePermissions extension #176
• Add SimpleSAMLphp extension (may be contingent on change to Traefik)
• Add TemplateWizard #152
• Add UserPageViewTracker extension #172
• Add WatchAnalytics extension #177

[tosfos]

Linking to #141

[jeffw16]

If I understand the conversation @yaronkoren and I had offline, we should be able to ship out Canasta 1.3.0 (which runs on MediaWiki 1.39) as long as the main issues are resolved, except if an extension is taking too long to gain MediaWiki 1.39 support and we're unable to help them make the necessary updates, in which case we have to ship it out without that extension.

[FelipoAntonoff]

Hi, any news about the new version with MediaWiki 1.39 and Traefik support?

[jeffw16]

Canasta 1.3.0 released. Closing