Wikimedia Release Engineering Team/Checkin archive/2021-03-31

= 2021-03-31 =

Vacations/Important dates

 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/HR_Corner/Holiday_List
 * How to do it


 * 18-19 Mar: Mukunda out.


 * 26 Mar->2 Apr: Dancy out
 * 29 Mar: US staff with reqs


 * 01-02 Apr: Dancy out; Dan too!
 * 02-05 Apr: Lars out (Easter; public holiday)
 * 5 Apr: Antoine (Easter)
 * 9 Apr: US staff with reqs
 * 12 Apr: US staff with reqs
 * 14-16 Apr: Brennen out (no network)
 * 22 Apr: Earth Day -- US staff with reqs
 * 23 Apr: dancy out


 * 08-29 May: Dan out for a few weeks of paternity leave
 * 13 May: Antoine (Ascension day) (probably take May 14th off as well)
 * 24 May: Antoine (Pentecost)


 * I made this: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar

Train

 * Maniphest query for deployment blocker tasks: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/s3KW8bpsXhYF/#R
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Important_dates


 * 15 Mar - wmf.35 - Ahmon + Brennen
 * 22 Mar - wmf.36 - Antoine + Ahmon
 * 29 Mar - wmf.37 - Mukunda + Antoine (Monday is a holiday)


 * 5 Apr - wmf.38 - Dan + Mukunda
 * 12 Apr - wmf.39 - Jeena + Dan
 * 19 Apr - wmf.40 - Lars + Jeena
 * 26 Apr - wmf.41 - Brennen + Lars
 * 3 May - wmf.?? - Ahmon + Brennen

Status

 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Roles#Train_Conductor

SoS

 * 2021-02-24: Thcipriani
 * 2021-03-24: James
 * 2021-03-31: Thcipriani
 * 2021-04-07: …

Outgoing

 * Blocked by:
 * Blocking:
 * Thank Yous
 * Updates:
 * [All] Deployments/Covid-19 https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Covid-19
 * Train Health
 * Last week: 1.36.0-wmf.37 T278343
 * This week: 1.36.0-wmf.38 T278344
 * This week: 1.37.0-wmf.1 T278345
 * Last week: 1.36.0-wmf.37 T278343
 * This week: 1.36.0-wmf.38 T278344
 * This week: 1.37.0-wmf.1 T278345

Team Business

 * M8s IC meeting happened this week
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/MediaWiki_on_Kubernetes/Meeting_notes/2021-03-24

Incoming/Needs attention
Train Go/No Go: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GXC_Bf9iAvme58euBLQSMMxl1_ojbr32bjcHH6q1wKE/edit#

Book club/Lunch and Learn

 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering_Productivity_Team/Book_club
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering_Productivity_Team/Lunch_and_learn
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering_Productivity_Team/Read_papers_and_talk
 * Feb 15th Mar 1st: Lars -- David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD)
 * http://git.liw.fi/wmf-talks/tree/gtd.md
 * March 22nd: Jeena Suggestion: Falling Down: A guide
 * Soon™ Accelerate Tyler Cipriani

Monthly reflection on accomplishments - Mar '21 edition

 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Monthly_notable_accomplishments
 * Add as you have them!


 * PipelineLib fully working on releases-jenkins.wikimedia.org
 * Credentials added to pipelinelib
 * S&F contractors underway with production GitLab configuration
 * Terrible script for finding status of production errors on logstash dashboard
 * Ability to deploy phatality updates

Ahmon

 * Updates:
 * Blocked by:
 * Blocking:
 * Blocking:
 * Blocking:

Antoine

 * Updates:
 * Ran train last week
 * 2 errors that were clear rollbacks due to people not being able to save article
 * Promoted wmf.36 -> Group1 Monday
 * Blocked by:
 * Blocking:
 * Blocking:

Brennen

 * Blocked by:
 * Nothing
 * Blocking:
 * Probably.
 * Updates:
 * GitLab yaks
 * Train docs
 * Stubbing out portal and such under this namespace: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Release_Engineering/Drafts
 * Running a deployment training
 * Ranting into surveys (Effective & Responsible Communication)

Dan

 * Blocked by:
 * Nada!
 * Blocking:
 * Nada!
 * Updates:
 * Working with Jeena on getting private settings into multiversion images
 * Thinking about how to best automate MW image builds
 * Automate MediaWiki wmf branch image builds

Jeena

 * Blocked by:
 * Blocking:
 * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/tools/cli/+/673560
 * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/tools/cli/+/655103/16
 * Updates:
 * Working copying privateSettings and patches to mediawiki image w/Dan and Ahmon
 * PET expedition
 * review for mw-cli
 * writing tests for mw-cli
 * writing tests for mw-cli

Lars

 * Blocked by:
 * everything
 * Blocking:
 * keine
 * Updates:
 * Waiting for reviews of "scap apply-patches".
 * T269153
 * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/tools/scap/+/674871
 * Bitdefender :(

Mukunda

 * Blocked by:
 * Blocking:
 * Updates:
 * Phatality deployment was problematic again but at the end I was able to deploy and roll back so I think I'm unblocked at least.
 * Still not on group0 but unblocked as of a moment before this meeting.
 * Train. Fairly uneventful so far.
 * Still not on group0 but unblocked as of a moment before this meeting.
 * Train. Fairly uneventful so far.

Tyler

 * Blocked by:
 * Nothing
 * Blocking:
 * Updates:
 * Talking to WMCS about GitLab runners, "local" dev
 * Deployment training continuing this week -- 2 windows
 * TODO: broader announcement
 * TODO: broader announcement