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<Amgine> Okay, Dale won't make it TonyC_. <Amgine> Who wants to start? <pfhayes> i can start <pfhayes> i implemented the fix for toggling open the first section. it works in master, but i just checked now and saw that it doesn't work on the beta branch. i know the fix and am implementing it right now <pfhayes> i also pushed the fix for updating the menu icons <pfhayes> i did some work on the issue with the bottom part of the screen getting cut off. i think i found the fix, just need someone to confirm on their phone (i don't see the issue on my nexus) <pfhayes> i emailed dale about it, but he hasn't gotten back to me. does anyone have a phone that they were seeing this issue on? <sheac> yeah, i was looking at that. actually <sheac> did you already merge it into master? <tonyC_> sorry, works perfectly here <pfhayes> sheac: the fix should be in master. were you seeing this on your phone <sheac> i think i made a comment on the bug page to the effect that it looks fixed to me <Amgine> I don't have a current apk, nor a working eclipse install. <pfhayes> sheac: did you ever see this problem before? <sheac> yeah, i saw the problem before and now it's fixed for me. <pfhayes> okay, awesome. then i should be able to merge the fix into beta <pfhayes> also, i talked to Nikerabbit and siebrand about translations. they have wiktionary in the queue so hopefully that should be coming along nicely <pfhayes> that's it from me <Amgine> pfhayes: about a new RC? <pfhayes> Amgine: here are the things that i think block us from our RC <pfhayes> 1) the remaining outstanding bugs (there are only a few, and they are pretty minor) <pfhayes> 2) translations * YuviPanda has quit (Changing host) * YuviPanda (~textual@mediawiki/Yuvipandan) has joined #Wiktionary-mobile <Amgine> [11:12] <pfhayes> Amgine: here are the things that i think block us from our RC <Amgine> [11:12] <pfhayes> 1) the remaining outstanding bugs (there are only a few, and they are pretty minor) <Amgine> [11:12] <pfhayes> 2) translations <Amgine> (for YuviPanda <pfhayes> 3) the https certificate issue on wiktionary. right now we still make our requests through http <pfhayes> i think that's it though <YuviPanda> how much feedback are you guys getting? <Amgine> Very little. Most cases have been me ambushing people. * juancarlos (~yes@wikimedia/Killiondude) has joined #Wiktionary-mobile <juancarlos> hello! <sheac> I haven't seen anything new on the feedback page for a while <YuviPanda> Amgine: and have tehy been responding? * sumanah (~sumanah@mediawiki/sumanah) has joined #Wiktionary-mobile <YuviPanda> sigh. This is a problem. <Amgine> A few of them. <YuviPanda> Amgine: enough to make you guys feel confident that there aren't bugs you are missing? <Amgine> I've just waylaid Killiondude to join here, btw, but not sure xe is at keyboard. <Amgine> YuviPanda: Mmmm.... <juancarlos> I'm here. <Amgine> Ah, there. <juancarlos> I have to go in a few minutes, though. <juancarlos> What's up? <sheac> juancarlos: thanks for your help with feedback! :) <Amgine> juancarlos: we think the doesn't-scroll-to-bottom is fixed. Can you compile it, or should we get an apk for you? <juancarlos> I don't know how to compile (unless I do, and I don't know it's called that!) <Amgine> pfhayes: can you dropbox a current apk? <pfhayes> yup <Amgine> I'm also trying to get kipcool (in Gernmany) to test it, so... <juancarlos> Amgine: Can you email me the link if I'm not around? killiondudewp@gmail.com <Amgine> Yes, will do juancarlos <juancarlos> thanks <pfhayes> Amgine: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4187555/WiktionaryActivity-v101b2-debug.apk <juancarlos> oh, cool. <Amgine> Great! <juancarlos> I'll download it and let you know, Amgine <juancarlos> I've got to get to class! * juancarlos has quit (Quit: Leaving.) <Amgine> People with real lives... meh. <sheac> well that should be helpful to have juancarlos' help - thanks Amgine! <sumanah> :) <Amgine> <grin> * sumanah can only pay partial attention, sorry <Amgine> Kipcool is trying to download now as well. Xe has never installed via .apk before. <Amgine> Is a good example because this is a new phone, first introduction to Android. <pfhayes> cool <Amgine> Okay. While that is going on, anything else pfhayes? <pfhayes> Amgine: nope, that's it from me <pfhayes> i just now fixed two bugs i was seeing in v1.0.1b <Amgine> <grin> <sheac> pfhayes: âŚwow! <Amgine> Shec, TonyC_? <tonyC_> ill go <tonyC_> i found out why Forwards was permanently disabled last night so that got fixed <pfhayes> yay <tonyC_> I also figured out why select text doesnt work on newer android versions <pfhayes> tonyC_: can it be fixed? <tonyC_> Back when âselect textâ was written, there was no way to select text from a webview so the current SelectTextPlugin.java is a slightly hacky solution that basically emulates holding Shift and Down at the same time to look like dragging text select. <tonyC_> In android 3.0+, emulating holding down Shift has been depreciated which is why nothing happens on our phones <Amgine> getting feedback: first real comment is about translation tables. <pfhayes> tonyC_: makes sense <tonyC_> But, this entire feature has been made redundant as there is a sexy text selection google built into webview <tonyC_> you just long press a word and you can select text and choose to search it, share it or copy it to clipboard <pfhayes> tonyC_: you're right, ha <pfhayes> but that won't work on older phones, right? <tonyC_> So basically the solution then is to disable "select text" feature for phones running android 3.0+ <tonyC_> pfhayes: exactly <pfhayes> tonyC_: that makes sense. this will need to be done upstream too, right? <tonyC_> yeah we have the same code <Amgine> YuviPanda? <YuviPanda> yeah, we've quite a bit of work to do on getting it 3.x+ ready <YuviPanda> not sure what the roadmap on that is, though <YuviPanda> pfhayes: how far behind master are you guys? <pfhayes> our beta release branch is pretty far behind⌠let me check when our freeze was <tonyC_> in "select text" we are not behind at all <tonyC_> from wikipedia master at least <pfhayes> YuviPanda: March 14th <pfhayes> YuviPanda: but we have been merging in fixes we need since then <YuviPanda> pfhayes: cool * sheac has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) <YuviPanda> tonyC_: yeah, select text hasn't been worked on for a while now <YuviPanda> last month has primarily been iOS stuff * sheac (~sheaclare@host81-208.wifi.ubc.ca) has joined #Wiktionary-mobile <sheac> <sorry - poor school wifi connection <Amgine> [11:31] * sheac has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) <Amgine> [11:32] <YuviPanda> tonyC_: yeah, select text hasn't been worked on for a while now <Amgine> [11:32] <YuviPanda> last month has primarily been iOS stuff <sheac> <Thanks Amgine> <pfhayes> YuviPanda: sounds like tonyC_ has a fix pretty much ready though. can he contribute it to WIkipediaMobile, then we should be able to just grab it, right? <Amgine> YuviPanda: Looks like it can be disabled for 3.x+ <YuviPanda> pfhayes: sure! <YuviPanda> tonyC_: ^ <pfhayes> awesome <tonyC_> umm well not much of a fix, do you want that button removed on newer devices? <pfhayes> tonyC_: yeah, that should basically work <pfhayes> YuviPanda: for that matter, we are still seeing the MobileFrontend issues in 4.0, with Show/Hide buttons not rendering. i am guessing that is not on the roadmap either, then? * sheac has quit (Client Quit) <YuviPanda> pfhayes: 1.2 moves away from MF, and that will fix these issues since we're no longer using MF code <pfhayes> YuviPanda: I see. but that won't be ready for a while, correct? the beta version of WiktionaryMobile is still based off mobilefrontend * heatherw has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) <YuviPanda> pfhayes: yes, that'll take atleast a week or so. Also, I'm unable to repro it in my Nexus S running ICS <YuviPanda> or the emulator * heatherw (~hwalls@216.38.130.163) has joined #Wiktionary-mobile <pfhayes> YuviPanda: it works for me in the emulator too. i will play with it some more. i recall being able to reproduce it on my galaxy nexus in the latest version of master in WikipediaMobile. <YuviPanda> yeah, so it seems to be showing up *only* on the gnexus <pfhayes> YuviPanda: oh, i see =s * sheac (~sheaclare@host81-208.wifi.ubc.ca) has joined #Wiktionary-mobile <Amgine> <YuviPanda> pfhayes: 1.2 moves away from MF, and that will fix these issues since we're no longer using MF code <Amgine> <pfhayes> YuviPanda: I see. but that won't be ready for a while, correct? the beta version of WiktionaryMobile is still based off mobilefrontend <Amgine> * heatherw has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) <Amgine> <YuviPanda> pfhayes: yes, that'll take atleast a week or so. Also, I'm unable to repro it in my Nexus S running ICS <Amgine> <YuviPanda> or the emulator <Amgine> * heatherw (~hwalls@216.38.130.163) has joined #Wiktionary-mobile <Amgine> <pfhayes> YuviPanda: it works for me in the emulator too. i will play with it some more. i recall being able to reproduce it on my galaxy nexus in the latest version of master in WikipediaMobile. <Amgine> <YuviPanda> yeah, so it seems to be showing up *only* on the gnexus <Amgine> <pfhayes> YuviPanda: oh, i see =s <sheac> <Amgine thanks again> <Amgine> TonyC_: You've had a great week. Anything else you haven't covered? <tonyC_> thats it for me <pfhayes> YuviPanda: in that case, I might see if I can throw together a gnexus-specific hack just for this release of WiktionaryMobile, and then by next version we should be onto the api instead of MF. does that seem reasonable? <Amgine> okay, Sheac. You've been patient, go ahead? <YuviPanda> i'm not a fan of device specific hacks :D <YuviPanda> pfhayes: did you try moving toggle.js, etc off the head into the footer? <YuviPanda> to load them after DOM load? <sheac> Amgine: alrighty <pfhayes> YuviPanda: that was related to a seperate issue. <sumanah> Amgine: I'll want to ask about your final blog post, if you need to make one on the UCOSP site <pfhayes> YuviPanda: that was for trying to inject js calls to toggle open Show/Hide sections. i ended up using settimeout for that. I can try it for the button rendering issue though, if you think it will help <YuviPanda> hmm, alright. See if you can fix this on GNexus, and see if that works fine on all android rather than just GNexus <YuviPanda> and it shall be fine <YuviPanda> ok <Amgine> Yah, we do. We sorta failed onthe blog side of things. <sheac> I've been looking at how exactly we would best implement a solution to the minor 'Wiktionary:Etymology' bug that pfhayes came up with <sheac> I found a couple of easy phone gap options and have been trying to put together proof of concept <sheac> also, while I was looking at the stuff JackPotte had to say, I got to wondering: <sumanah> Amgine: who hasn't written the blog post yet? :-) <sumanah> I know you have done some writing <Amgine> <winks> Actually, that was Shea. <pfhayes> sheac: one possible solution would be to pop open namespace links in the browser <sumanah> ok, so let's move it around, Amgine :D <Amgine> I'd love to take credit though. <sumanah> Tony maybe, or dlemieux <sheac> when we select a non-English language in the language settings page, doesn't it make sense to have our app messages change to that language as well? <tonyC_> sumanah: when does this blog post need to be written by? <sheac> pfhayes: you mean change the html so that if the user clicks, it's just a bare link that Android always opens in the browser anyway? <sumanah> tonyC_: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/UCOSP_Spring_2012#Blog_entries says 9 april <sumanah> tonyC_: actually also 19 March, oops <Amgine> <nods> <tonyC_> uh oh <Amgine> Let's just focus on the last one, 9 April <pfhayes> sheac: no need to change the html. just in our code that tries to load pages, check to see if it is a 'Wiktionary:' link, and if so then open in the broswer instead <sheac> oh, ok, yeah - that's kind of the route I've been going. <sheac> pfhayes: ^ <Amgine> YuviPanda: what is the plan for namespaces in the main framework? <tonyC_> sumanah: okay i can write the one that was due yesterday <sumanah> tonyC_: cool <sumanah> tonyC_: you can coordinate with Amgine <YuviPanda> should work once we move to API. <YuviPanda> but we haven't quite thought about it yet. <Amgine> Okay, let's keep that in mind sheac, pfhayes. <Amgine> Remember that many Wiktionary articles link to the Citations: namespace. <pfhayes> Amgine, sheac: i wouldn't be too concerned about these, especially if those links are going to work in later versions <sheac> pfhayes: good point. <YuviPanda> also, why do they not work right now? Doesn't MF support theM? <Amgine> <nods> Agreed. If the setup now doesn't break things, leave it alone for now. <pfhayes> sheac: i'll close that bug then <sheac> YuviPanda: they work, it's just the policy template runs off the left edge of the page <sheac> pfhayes: coolio. <Amgine> Testing YuviPanda <YuviPanda> hmm, that might mean you guys need to open up an MF bug <sheac> as for the question I posed earlier: does anyone else think we should change our messages to the language selected by the user in the settings screen? <pfhayes> YuviPanda: ^? <Amgine> Following a link to Appendix: namespace leaves me with a blank page, YuviPanda <Amgine> Oh, strange, it appears after I touch the screen. <pfhayes> sheac: i would say we should keep the behaviour consistent with wikipedia. ask YuviPanda why the decision not to do that was made for Wikipedia <sheac> pfhayes: again - good point. <YuviPanda> sheac: pfhayes long and heated discussion. Current consensus is to match Android UI for ui language and keep the language in settings just for content <YuviPanda> we've new nav bar work that should make things much clearer. <YuviPanda> but that won't land for a while <pfhayes> YuviPanda: cool <sheac> YuviPanda: got it. <sheac> so yeah, that's it for me. <pfhayes> great <Amgine> Okay, first group issue: the icon/button by HeatherW <pfhayes> looks great! <tonyC_> i like it <sheac> totally hot <Amgine> Dlemieux liked it. <Amgine> So, implement it. <pfhayes> who's on that? dlemieux? <tonyC_> yeah thats dale <Amgine> Yes. <pfhayes> i suppose anyone can do that though - dale already has a few things on his plate <Amgine> Next issue: Friday meeting? Finals conflicts? <pfhayes> maybe sheac can take care of it? <sheac> sure! <heatherw> let me know what you need <tonyC_> i have an exam that night (...ugh) <sheac> definitely <pfhayes> Amgine: friday works for me <Amgine> SheaC? <sheac> it works like a charm <Amgine> Okay, usual time is what? <pfhayes> tonyC_: we can move it if it doesn't work for you <sheac> 11AM PST, 2PM EST, 11PM India? <tonyC_> i can drop in for a bit <pfhayes> cool <pfhayes> YuviPanda, Amgine: does not having translations block us from making a release candidate? <YuviPanda> i'd say yes <pfhayes> okay <Amgine> How much translation? <pfhayes> i will do my best to prod that along then <tonyC_> Amgine: just the menu dialog <Amgine> FR, DE, ES, ZH, YuviPanda?\ <pfhayes> Amgine: good point. YuviPanda: what languages do we need for the RC? all of them? major ones? <YuviPanda> having translation mechanisms in place would be good enough, IMO. Then let translatewiki take its course... <Amgine> pfhayes: is messages implemented? <pfhayes> YuviPanda: i've already spoken to siebrand and Nikerabbit. they are working on it <pfhayes> but we don't have actual translation strings yte <pfhayes> Amgine: our other blocking issue is the https certificate issue for Wiktionary. what is the status of that? <Amgine> Uknown. Demon is online, but busy. I will ping Preilly and Demon about it today. <pfhayes> great. do they know it blocks our release? <Amgine> <looks around for flame retardent suit> Yes, but I don't know if that weighs much. <pfhayes> YuviPanda: for that matter, does it block our release? could we release with http requests if necessary? <YuviPanda> yes, you could <pfhayes> ok <sheac> neat! <pfhayes> well, Amgine can ping them about that and let us know what the status is <sheac> also, about that namespace bug where the template runs off the page: do we want to submit a MobileFrontend bug report right now? <Amgine> pfhayes: Nikerabbit in #Mediawiki <YuviPanda> yes <pfhayes> sheac: go for it. but it won't really affect our product <pfhayes> Amgine, sheac, tonyC_, YuviPanda: then the only real thing preventing an RC is the translations. we should keep working on the outstanding bugs/logo issues/etc. in the meantime though. <pfhayes> the outstanding bugs are <pfhayes> Show/Hide not rendering on gnexus, i'm working on that <pfhayes> Implementing new logo, sheac is working on that <sheac> <bingo? <pfhayes> "Share to Wiktionary" issue. dlemieux is on that <sheac> not question mark> <pfhayes> scrolling issue. i am on that one <Amgine> *not* the iOS scrolling issue. <pfhayes> right <pfhayes> and that's it! <pfhayes> looking good everybody! <tonyC_> and im removing the select text button <sheac> tonyC_: oh yeah - nice <Amgine> For 3.x+, right TonyC_? <pfhayes> tonyC_: right. file a bug while you're at it so we can keep track of it <tonyC_> its already up https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35529 <pfhayes> tonyC_: awesome. thanks <Amgine> pfhayes: Nikerabbit will be working on this in 30 minutes. <pfhayes> Amgine: yay <tonyC_> Amgine: yeah i have to tell what version the phone is running and disable the button if its 3.0+ <pfhayes> tonyC_: question though <pfhayes> so the shift-drag doesn't work in 3.0+ <pfhayes> but the native webview select works in 3.0, right? <pfhayes> it's not 4.0 only? <tonyC_> the thing is, 3.0 is tablet-only <pfhayes> if that was the case, then we'd have a problem where you could select text in 2.3, 4.0, but not 3.0 <Amgine> I have not yet found an Android tab beta tester. <pfhayes> Amgine: emulator works <pfhayes> that's what i was using <pfhayes> Amgine: Reedy uses a tablet <Amgine> yah, but there's already been one lesson about relying on emulator only. <tonyC_> i would rather have no select text for 3.0 than a broken button <pfhayes> tonyC_: yes, makes sense <Amgine> Oh, that's right, he does. <pfhayes> tonyC_: if there's no way to select text in 3.0, then well⌠that's a shame i guess <tonyC_> as far as ive been reading, theres no way to do it <tonyC_> as the drag shift hack was what everyone was using until 3.0 <pfhayes> i see <pfhayes> okay, go for that fix then <tonyC_> yeah. Is that everything for today? <Amgine> Pung Reedy with new apk. <Amgine> He'll scoff at that and pull his own git. <pfhayes> haha <Amgine> Just a head's up that - if necessary - I'd like to do a weekend sprint to absolutely put this release to bed before Monday. <tonyC_> im down for that <Amgine> Okay. Once this is released, I think we're done for the term. If anyone is interested, I'd be up for continuing through the summer to get an iOS version. <pfhayes> sheac: can you install this on your device and let me know if you see the bottom of screen issue? hďż˝ttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/4187555/WiktionaryActivity-shea.apk <pfhayes> Amgine: i'm interested in continuing <tonyC_> do you need an apple computer to test on iOS? <sheac> pfhayes: definitely. I'll be able to let you know tomorrow. I'm borrowing the school's device, so it's not with me right now. <Amgine> That is a question for YuviPanda? I think there's an emulator but I'm not sure. <pfhayes> sheac: yeah sounds good. just shoot me an email <sheac> Amgine: I'm definitely interested in continuing <tonyC_> yeah me too <YuviPanda> iOS? There's a simulator but you'd need OS X to work on it <Amgine> YuvePanda: we're casually talking about a summer version of UCOSP to work on iOS release of the app. <tonyC_> :( so everyone has a mac? <pfhayes> tonyC_: I do. but there's always plenty more work to do on android too :) <sheac> haha pfhayes good point of the day #3 <Amgine> <nods> The app won't sit still. We're just adding another whole version of it. <tonyC_> sounds good to me <Amgine> Remember, we have to get the android app back current with the WP version, including the future API system. <Amgine> Other announcements, anyone? <pfhayes> not from me <sheac> all clear here <tonyC_> nope <tonyC_> oh wait <tonyC_> what should be in these blog posts <tonyC_> just what we did since the last update? <pfhayes> tonyC_: makes sense to me <Amgine> Pretty much, yes. Plus a few comments about the future plans. <Amgine> (like a possible weekend sprint, the release, and summer plans.) <tonyC_> ok ill write that by tonight or tommorow <pfhayes> cool <Amgine> Great! Email me when you add it to the wiki and I'll get it forwarded.