[QA] [GSOC] Automatic Cross Language Screenshot Status

Sat Jun 14 12:22:26 UTC 2014

Hi Vikas,

I have noticed that you have sent three separate e-mail messages after this
one, with similar content. I will reply to each message. If there is
something in this e-mail that needs answering, let me know.

Željko

On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:12 PM, Vikas Yaligar <vikasyaligar.it at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> As a part of my GSOC project of Automatic Cross-language Screenshot[1], I
> wrote hooks[2] for VisualEditor, which takes screenshot and crops according
> to the scenario(depending on which screenshot is required from VisualEditor
> User Guide[3]).
>
> Also I wrote a script which runs cucumber for multiple languages and
> uploads(using mediawiki_api [4]) screenshot to commons. I deployed it in my
> cloudbees[5] and it works :) This script[6], was written for experimental
> purpose, so now I would be happy to know how and where exactly I can
> achieve the same thing[where should I put the code, so that 1 job would
> cover all languages in cucumber tests]). You can find the screenshot in
> commons[7](which was taken in firefox by tests in cloudbees) and let me
> know what you think about it.
>
> Also I wanted to know how to zoom in my browser and then take screenshot,
> so that cropped image is of high resolution[8].
>
> Currently I am taking these screenshots for English, German and Hebrew
> beta labs(other beta labs seemed to have some problems with VisualEditor).
> Also there are no beta labs for some languages like Kannada. So where do I
> run these browser tests? Amir Aharoni had suggested me some solutions:
>
> * Creating new beta labs for different languages.
> * Running it in real Wikipedias.
> * [Needs confirmation]Hashar had found a way where wikis are created in
> necessary language and with necessary extensions for a scenario or
> particular type of browser tests.
>
> I would be happy to know which of the above solution would be best, so
> that I could get screenshots for different languages.
>
> -
> [1]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Automatic_cross-language_screenshots
>
> [2]: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/135616/
>
> [3]: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:VisualEditor/User_guide
>
> [4]: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/137451/
>
> [5]: https://vikassy.ci.cloudbees.com/job/LanguageScreenshot/2/console
> <https://vikassy.ci.cloudbees.com/job/LanguageScreenshot/1/console>
>
> [6]:
> https://github.com/vikassy/LanguageScreenshot/blob/master/VisualEditor/modules/ve-mw/test/browser/screenshot.rb
>
> [7]:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/LanguageScreenshotBot&ilshowall=1
>
> [8]:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Screenshots#Increase_the_zoom_level_in_your_browser
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Vikas S Yaligar
> (9481543789)
> IT Department
> NITK Surathkal
>
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