- Name of the software:
- SecurePoll
- Link to code repository of the software:
- Link to homepage of the software (if existing):
- Succinct problem statement to give context for why the review was initiated:
- Wikimedia deployed extension with clear security implications and no active/listed maintainer.
The following bullet points are optional - please fill them out if feasible, but this is not a hard requirement:
- Current entry in mw:Developers/Maintainers:
- Listed Code Steward: None
- Listed Maintainer: @Huji
- Number, severity, and age of known and confirmed security issues:
- Some, mostly privacy related.
- Was it a cause of production outages or incidents? List them:
- None according to a quick Wikitech search
- Does it have sufficient hardware resources for now and the near future (to take into account expected usage growth)?
- N/A
- Is it a frequent cause of monitoring alerts that need action, and are they addressed timely and appropriately?
- Tends to be broken when needed (various elections, including WMF Board of Trustees elections). Not in use most of the time.
- When it was first deployed to Wikimedia production:
- 2004 as "BoardVote" (separate extension with very similar goals, with some code edits for each new election), 2009 as "SecurePoll".
- Usage statistics based on audience(s) served:
- not sure
- Code changes committed in last 1, 3, 6, and 12 months:
- 2, 17, 30, 131
- Reliance on outdated platforms (e.g. operating systems):
- Number of developers who committed code in the last 1, 3, 6, and 12 months:
- 2, 9, 14, 25
- Number and age of open patches:
- 7, all of which have had activity in the last year.
- Number and age of open bugs:
- 104, oldest from 2009.
- Number of known dependencies:
- N/A
- Is there a replacement/alternative for the feature? Is there a plan for a replacement?
- No.
- Submitter's recommendation (what do you propose be done?):
- Existing team to take ownership.