Deploy new version of vector skin to all wikis as a user preference
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NOTE: this will be done after T254227: Switch test wikis to new version of vector by default is complete and gone through full QA on production

Background

As a part of the desktop refresh project, we would like to give logged-in users the ability to try out the new features and improvements as they are built. To do this, will be providing the new version of the vector skin as a user preference to all wikis. To learn more about our release plan, please see our project page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Opting_in_and_Release_Plan

Acceptance criteria

Deploy the new version of the vector skin to all wikis as a user preference. The skin version must be OFF by default on all wikis that are not test wikis.
Feature flag state:
- Preference - on
- Default - off
- Sidebar closed by default - off
- Sidebar instrumentation - off
- Max width - on

Developer notes

Flip the VectorShowSkinPreferences switch

Details

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Enable Vector opt in preference everywhere	operations/mediawiki-config	master	+3 -6

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Resolved	Jdlrobson	T16501 A way to hide the sidebar providing a "fullscreen" view
Resolved	ovasileva	T247032 [EPIC] Build collapsible sidebar and deploy to all test wikis
Resolved	ovasileva	T254228 Deploy new version of vector skin to all wikis as a user preference

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ovasileva created this task.Jun 2 2020, 10:10 AM

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ovasileva triaged this task as High priority.Jun 2 2020, 10:10 AM

ovasileva lowered the priority of this task from High to Medium.

ovasileva mentioned this in T246419: Build collapsible sidebar and sidebar button .Jun 2 2020, 10:38 AM

@ovasileva from a deployment POV doing this BEFORE T254228 is far less riskier as logged in user only rollouts are easy to roll back and thus mitigates the risk on the anon deploy. Any kind of testing we do on beta cluster or using useskinversion is going to be inferior to the testing this change would allow. Something to consider.

Jdlrobson moved this task from Needs Analysis to Upcoming on the Web-Team-Backlog (Kanbanana-2019-20-Q4) board.Jun 4 2020, 3:16 PM

• taavi moved this task from Backlog to Blocked on development on the Wikimedia-Site-requests board.Jun 7 2020, 5:40 PM

• Niedzielski mentioned this in T254227: Switch test wikis to new version of vector by default.Jun 23 2020, 3:52 PM

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Jdlrobson moved this task from Upcoming to Ready for Development on the Web-Team-Backlog (Kanbanana-2019-20-Q4) board.Jul 7 2020, 5:23 PM

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MBinder_WMF edited projects, added Web-Team-Backlog (Kanbanana-FY-2020-21); removed Web-Team-Backlog (Kanbanana-2019-20-Q4).Jul 9 2020, 5:14 PM

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ovasileva updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 14 2020, 3:22 PM

ovasileva moved this task from Upcoming to Ready for Development on the Web-Team-Backlog (Kanbanana-FY-2020-21) board.Jul 20 2020, 4:52 PM

I'll write a config patch today. @Jdrewniak will hopefully SWAT in morning tomorrow.

ovasileva updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 20 2020, 5:12 PM

Change 614837 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jdlrobson; owner: Jdlrobson):
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable Vector opt in preference everywhere

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/614837

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jul 20 2020, 7:14 PM

Change 614888 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jdlrobson; owner: Jdlrobson):
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable side bar instrumentation at 20% for all test wikis

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/614888

Jdlrobson moved this task from Doing to Code Review on the Web-Team-Backlog (Kanbanana-FY-2020-21) board.Jul 20 2020, 10:09 PM

Change 614837 merged by jenkins-bot:
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable Vector opt in preference everywhere

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/614837

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2020-07-21T11:09:00Z] <urbanecm@deploy1001> Synchronized wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php: 5d5bb37c342310be5ca0b0e11a8490703867f4fd: Enable Vector opt in preference everywhere (T254228) (duration: 00m 57s)

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2020-07-22T11:18:37Z] <jdrewniak@deploy1001> Synchronized dblists/desktop-improvements.dblist: Config: [[gerrit:614888|Enable instrumentation for wikis in the desktop improvements testing group (T254228)]] (duration: 01m 18s)

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2020-07-22T11:20:03Z] <jdrewniak@deploy1001> Synchronized multiversion/MWConfigCacheGenerator.php: Config: [[gerrit:614888|Enable instrumentation for wikis in the desktop improvements testing group (T254228)]] (duration: 01m 05s)

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2020-07-22T11:28:20Z] <jdrewniak@deploy1001> Synchronized wmf-config/config: Config: [[gerrit:614888|Enable instrumentation for wikis in the desktop improvements testing group (T254228)]] (duration: 01m 05s)

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2020-07-22T11:30:25Z] <jdrewniak@deploy1001> Synchronized wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php: Config: [[gerrit:614888|Enable instrumentation for wikis in the desktop improvements testing group (T254228)]] (duration: 01m 04s)