Bug management/Triage/20130318

Starting on March 18, 2013 and all week long with a dedicated session on March 19, we're cleaning up the bug reports about Extension:LiquidThreads.

LiquidThreads bug reports

What: Bug Triage of LiquidThreads reports - see the full list of reports. We will be focusing on cleaning up, improving the quality of these reports, and retesting some of them on mediawiki.org or test2.wikipedia.org.

When: Week of March 18, 2013, with a dedicated Bug Day on March 19 from 15:00 UTC until 21:00 UTC. This is an ongoing activity: you can arrive / leave at any time.

Where: #wikimedia-dev ^connect IRC channel. After joining on IRC, say Hello Bug Squad!. Look for users andre__ and valeriej. We will welcome you with instructions and help. Our progress is documented in the Bug Day Etherpad.

• Over 60 bug reports come from translatewiki.net.[1] You're welcome to use it for testing (it runs last code in master); due to some of the bugs, some actions are restricted to translators, so follow the FirstSteps wizard to ask the right.

Who: Anyone who is interested, including you!

Why: The idea came up on the wikitech-l mailing list. While LiquidThreads is not actively developed anymore it is still popular and deployed in many places.

See also How to triage.

This is a weekly QA activity organized by the Bug Squad team. Join us!

Attendees

• Valeriej (talk · contribs) - Looking forward to working with other contributors!
• Qgil (talk · contribs) - Happy user of LQT in mediawiki.org and my pet project.
• AKlapper (WMF) (talk · contribs) - Trying to tame some bug reports and having fun hanging out with others on IRC!
• Krenair (talk · contribs)
• Nischayn22 (talk · contribs)
• geeklizzard (talk · contribs) - visiting from Mozilla bugland
• Helder.wiki (talk · contribs)
• feel free to add yourself here

Results

Reduced number of open reports from 218 to 204.

Bug reports changed in the entire week: 76 reports.

Bug reports acted on on the dedicated bugday (31 reports):

• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22800
  • Both testcases not available anymore, hence unclear what to repair/workaround here. Asked for more info.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41276
  • Filed as enhancement requests but it could even be a major bug. Is LQT supposed to get along with other extensions? I guess it's just good policy. Changing as Normal for starters and let's see what is the feedback.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26383
  • Nikerabbit: re that bug: we disabled all anon editings a while ago/ so I have no idea whether the bug still exists
  • Adding testme keyword
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24646
  • cannot reproduce on test2.wp, plus the testcase does not exist anymore. So I'll ask the bug reporter how I could check if this is still a problem and leave it like that.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34271
  • Could not reproduce on test2, asked for clarification
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45618
  • added dependency for bug that needs to be fixed first
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25866 & https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25456
  • Seem to be related. Leaving comment & see also linking each other.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25448
  • WORKSFORME in mediawiki.org. Resolving.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25038
  • nothing to do, still valid (on twn).
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25441
  • Didn't understad the purpose of the feature requested. Seems to be complex to implement. Asked for more information.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26831
  • Added Design keyword. Low priority.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25662
  • The bug can be still seen in translatewiki but is fixed in mediawiki.org and test2. Resolving as WORKSFORME.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=s43496
  • IMHO really a corner case. "Fixing" it could cause other problems. Recommending a WONTFIX.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26490
  • Cannot reproduce. Closed as f and attached a screenshot.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29131
  • Resolved as WORKSFORME
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21703
  • Couldn't reproduce, asked for retest.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21605
  • Resolved as WORKSFORME.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20644
  • Recommending INVALID.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31251
  • Possibly related to bug 24292, bug 20644, and bug 28579
  • Bug 24292 has been fixed, so asked if commenters on bug 31251 are still experiencing issue.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24378
  • Tested in IE 9, IE 9 compatibility view, IE 8, and IE7
  • Can confirm for IE 8 compatibility view and IE 7 - Left a comment on the report
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30698
  • Confirmed
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23567
  • Can confirm. Left comment.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23188
  • Need admin access to test wiki to test this.
  • I see not option to delete messages, so I can't test.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29200
  • Could not reproduce, closed as WORKSFORME
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35070
  • Can confirm, commented.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24110
  • Can confirm. Commented with explanation of current behavior.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24813
  • Can confirm. Suggested design solution in comment.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21931
  • Editing the summary field in replies has been disabled, but there is an auto-summary that is saved
  • Commenting on the report and closing as WORKSFORME
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31244
  • Can confirm. Commented on report.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31232
  • Couldn't reproduce. Left a comment.
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24039
  • Could not reproduce. Commented asking if it's still an issue

Suggested reports not looked at (feel free to triage and update page with your actions): Suggested bugs to look at:

• Bug 25074 - Thread collapsing hides the thread subject line https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25074
• Bug 31347 - Data lost when creating threads in separate browser tabs/windows https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31347
• Bug 23382 - Parent link does not work from post https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23382
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30175 might be a nice one for bugtriage starters: Test in your browser (which one) if items overlap.

Promotion

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• Invitation sent to the 66 reporters of the 216 open issues (2 delivery failures).