Wikimedia Release Engineering Team/FAQ

Below is an expanding list of frequently asked questions for our team.

What versions are deployed?
See "currently active MediaWiki versions" on https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/

Is there a train next week?

 * 1) Check the Deployment Calendar
 * 2) Check the long-term calendar Deployments/Yearly_calendar
 * 3) Ask User:TCipriani (WMF)

When is the next deployment?
Check the Deployment Calendar. If the calendar is not up-to-date, ping User:TCipriani (WMF) as something has gone awry.

Was something just deployed? What was just deployed?
Check the Server Admin Log (SAL) for details.

Is [insert gerrit patch] deployed?

 * 1) Make sure you have a local git checkout of MediaWiki, the extension, or skin you want to check
 * 2) Check  what versions are deployed
 * 3) Find the SHA1 of the commit you want to check
 * 4)  ; e.g.,
 * 1)  ; e.g.,

Do we keep statistics about deployment?
Yes! See the train-stats repo on GitLab.

What extensions are deployed by WMF?
The canonical source is in the  repository. In the file.

What version is [some wiki] running?
Each wiki's version is listed in the. The current version of that file can be found on noc.wikimedia.org

How do I become a deployer?
To learn to deploy MediaWiki sign up for deployment training

Who can deploy?
Anyone listed in the  group in puppet can deploy MediaWiki.

Services have their own deployers that varies by service.