Maniphest T196590

Unable to install Math extension with MediaWiki-Vagrant on labs
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	• brion
	Jun 6 2018, 9:39 PM

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The math role doesn't seem to install properly on MediaWiki-Vagrant on labs (freshly installed on a Stretch machine).

brion@ogvjs-testing:/srv/mediawiki-vagrant/mediawiki$ vagrant enable-role math
vagrant provisionOk. Run `vagrant provision` to apply your changes.
brion@ogvjs-testing:/srv/mediawiki-vagrant/mediawiki$ vagrant provision
==> default: Running provisioner: lsb_check...
==> default: Running provisioner: file_perms...
==> default: Running provisioner: shell...
    default: Running: /tmp/vagrant-shell20180606-13739-178wndi.sh
==> default: Running provisioner: puppet...
==> default: Running Puppet with environment vagrant...
==> default: Info: Loading facts
==> default: Notice: Compiled catalog for mediawikivagrant.mediawiki-vagrant.dev in environment vagrant in 2.83 seconds
==> default: Info: Applying configuration version '1528319843.d71e4aba'
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Ghostscript/Package[ghostscript]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Ocaml_native_compilers/Package[ocaml-native-compilers]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Texlive/Package[texlive]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Texlive_bibtex_extra/Package[texlive-bibtex-extra]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Texlive_font_utils/Package[texlive-font-utils]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Texlive_fonts_extra/Package[texlive-fonts-extra]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Texlive_lang_all/Package[texlive-lang-all]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Texlive_latex_extra/Package[texlive-latex-extra]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Texlive_math_extra/Package[texlive-math-extra]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Texlive_pstricks/Package[texlive-pstricks]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Texlive_publishers/Package[texlive-publishers]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Role::Math/Mediawiki::Extension[Math]/Git::Clone[mediawiki/extensions/Math]/File[/vagrant/mediawiki/extensions/Math]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Role::Math/Mediawiki::Extension[Math]/Git::Clone[mediawiki/extensions/Math]/Exec[git_clone_mediawiki/extensions/Math]/returns: executed successfully
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Role::Math/Mediawiki::Extension[Math]/Mediawiki::Settings[Math]/File[/vagrant/settings.d/puppet-managed/10-Math.php]/ensure: defined content as '{md5}60fa6d32c903bcb6e7ab72e4e862e833'
==> default: Info: Mediawiki::Settings[Math]: Scheduling refresh of Exec[update_all_databases]
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Mediawiki/Exec[update_all_databases]: Triggered 'refresh' from 1 events
==> default: Error: Working directory '/vagrant/mediawiki/extensions/Math/math' does not exist
==> default: Error: /Stage[main]/Role::Math/Exec[compile_texvc]/returns: change from notrun to 0 failed: Working directory '/vagrant/mediawiki/extensions/Math/math' does not exist
==> default: Error: Working directory '/vagrant/mediawiki/extensions/Math/texvccheck' does not exist
==> default: Error: /Stage[main]/Role::Math/Exec[compile_texvccheck]/returns: change from notrun to 0 failed: Working directory '/vagrant/mediawiki/extensions/Math/texvccheck' does not exist
==> default: Info: Class[Role::Math]: Unscheduling all events on Class[Role::Math]
==> default: Info: Stage[main]: Unscheduling all events on Stage[main]
==> default: Notice: Applied catalog in 412.81 seconds
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Details

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Remove math cruft	mediawiki/vagrant	master	+1 -39

Customize query in gerrit

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Mentioned In: T195871: Remove dead texvc code from the math extension

Event Timeline

• brion created this task.Jun 6 2018, 9:39 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptJun 6 2018, 9:39 PM

Well this is suspicious in Math:

commit 4156f1c9b7d2430965a661fdfa783143df4c0e98
Author: Moritz Schubotz (physikerwelt) <wiki@physikerwelt.de>
Date:   Sat May 19 20:43:04 2018 +0200

    Remove dead texvc code from the math extension
    
    In T74240 support for LaTeX based rendering of the <math/>-tags was
    removed. This change eliminates the unused code from the repository.
    
    Bug: T195871
    Change-Id: Ic57d83fa49f090b574ce8b82fd2ebc84a5350318

• brion mentioned this in T195871: Remove dead texvc code from the math extension.Jun 6 2018, 9:48 PM

Change 437886 had a related patch set uploaded (by Reedy; owner: Reedy):
[mediawiki/vagrant@master] Remove math cruft

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/437886

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 7 2018, 12:48 AM

Change 437886 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/vagrant@master] Remove math cruft

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/437886

Yay! That was pretty straightforward. Math apparently now defaults to using WMF's public rest service for math rendering, which might not be the best default (?) but that's a topic for another bug and another day! :)

In T196590#4262834, @brion wrote:

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Math apparently now defaults to using WMF's public rest service for math rendering, which might not be the best default (?)
..

@brion do you have a suggestion, where and how to document how this decision was made?

@Physikerwelt I'd start with a note in the readme file. Some things to consider:

load management & abuse -- can a misconfigured or malicious client overload or take down the server? what effect will this have on other users?
privacy -- is data input here exposed to a math server? can it be read by other people?
abuse -- is data input here exposed to other people? how can malicious/abusive spreading of private data or illegal content be cleaned up?
privacy -- is only the wiki server exposed to the third-party math server or does the end-user ever connect to it directly, exposing their network address etc?
who runs the public server, and how do you contact them if you have problems?
how do you set up a private server if the public one doesn't meet your needs?