Wikimedia Release Engineering Team/Checkin archive/2023-05-10

= 2023-05-10 =


 * Last time

🏆 Wins

 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Monthly_notable_accomplishments
 * Apr '23 edition


 * Mr. Widget doesn't seem to have broken again.
 * Job to test train branch cut on a daily basis
 * Successfully debugged an obscure buildkitd -> registry interaction
 * Multi-arch image support pre-req!
 * Still need access to logs for future debugging/troubleshooting. See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T322579
 * A plan exists for Phorge migration
 * Abstract Wikipedia showed up asking for help with a GitLab migration
 * Jelto deployed the privileged buildkitd commit
 * Moving scap backport tests, win in progress
 * Aphlict on a new box---nothing exploded, nobody yelling
 * Jenkins releases configuration fully automated
 * scap train


 * May '23 edition


 * draft hypotheses are drafted
 * Andre on team (nascently)
 * Local working phorge install—legalpad is the only area of divergance
 * Killing the dockerfile in blubber—adding functional tests
 * Some work under Migrate mediawiki/ namespace from Gerrit to GitLab
 * Updates to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/GitLab/Hosting_a_project_on_GitLab and a script for importing users to groups for GitLab
 * Gerrit security update

🌻 Open source/Upstream contributions

 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Upstream

😶 Let's keep this empty

 * +1'd gerrit changes
 * Accounts and auth
 * Gerrit access requests
 * GitLab access requests

📅 Vacations/Important dates

 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/HR_Corner/Holiday_List#2023
 * https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Time_off

May 2023
* 01 Mon: Antoine, labour day
 * 01 Mon–05 Fri: 🎉 Offsite week—Add topics/activities: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MdA_mOcilUdEQT65iPZRopDykMgTt7Xq093iWhA64zg/edit#
 * 08 Mon: Antoine, WW2 armistice


 * 08-12: Dancy - school outdoor ed trip
 * 15-25: Dan - vacation
 * 15-22: Chad - vacation + Hackathon in Athens
 * 29 Mon: Memorial Day, US staff with reqs

June 2023

 * 7 Wed–9 Fri: Jaime
 * 8 Thu–9 Fri: Brennen → Apogaea
 * 19 Mon: Juneteenth, US staff with reqs
 * 23 Fri–18 Fri Aug: Jeena → Mongolia

July 2023

 * 23 Fri Jun–18 Fri Aug: Jeena → Mongolia
 * 03 Mon: U.S. July Holiday, US staff with reqs
 * 06 Wed–11 Tue: Dancy out (wedding, not mine)
 * 28 Fri: Brennen out for RockyGrass

August 2023

 * 23 Fri Jun–18 Fri Aug: Jeena → Mongolia
 * 09 Wed: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, US staff with reqs
 * 04 Fri: Brennen → NYC (probable half day)
 * 11 Fri: Brennen out for Folks Fest
 * 27 Aug–04 Sep: Brennen (🔥)

September 2023

 * 26 Aug–04 Sep: Brennen (🔥)
 * 13 Weds–17 Sun: Brennen → KS (approximate)

🔥🚂 Train

 * https://tools.wmflabs.org/versions/
 * https://train-blockers.toolforge.org/
 * https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar


 * 2 Jan - wmf.17 - Dan + Antoine (Jaime out)
 * 9 Jan - wmf.18 - Jeena + Dan (Jaime out)
 * 16 Jan - wmf.19 - Jaime + Jeena
 * 23 Jan - wmf.20 - Brennen + Jaime
 * 30 Jan - wmf.21 - Ahmon + Brennen
 * 6 Feb - wmf.22 - Chad + Ahmon
 * 13 Feb - wmf.23 – Dan + Chad
 * 20 Feb - wmf.24 – Antoine + Dan
 * 27 Feb - wmf.25 – Jaime + Antoine
 * 6 Mar – wmf.26 – Jeena + Jaime
 * 13 Mar – wmf.27 – Brennen + Jeena
 * 20 Mar – wmf.1 – Ahmon + Brennen
 * 27 Mar – wmf.2 – Chad Dan + Ahmon
 * 3 Apr – wmf.3 – Antoine + Dan
 * 10 Apr – wmf.4 – Chad + Antoine
 * 17 Apr – wmf.5 – Jaime + Chad
 * 24 Apr – wmf.6 – Jeena + Jaime
 * 1 May – wmf.7 – Brennen + Jeena


 * 8 May – wmf.8 – Antoine + Brennen (Ahmon out + Antoine Out 8th)
 * 15 May – wmf.9 – Ahmon + Antoine (Dan out + Chad out)
 * 22 May – wmf.10 – Chad + Ahmon (Dan out + Jeena out 26th)
 * 29 May – wmf.11 – Dan + Chad (Memorial Day 29th)
 * 5 Jun – wmf.12 – Jaime + Dan
 * 12 Jun – wmf.13
 * 26 Jun – wmf.14
 * 3 Jul – wmf.15

Team discussions
Notes from SRE sync:


 * https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/serviceops-releng-sync
 * Jelto has a hackathon session about GitLab, if anybody has useful input here, anything they want him to surface
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023/Connect
 * Session: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T336266 - State of GitLab CI and migration party
 * Rough Phorge timeline:
 * Migration should be testable on https://phab.wmflabs.org/ yet this week
 * Mostly Brennen needs to sort out LegalPad conflicts first
 * Hope to test against copy of prod db next week, and schedule prod migration based on whether all seems fine there

Workboard time!!! https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/20/


 * GitLab private repo policy [DRAFT]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R1DQDFuL_Z2W5BpnClLiUg5fvujGXGJ4Wgjmbr3n2jU/edit#heading=h.o8t0rl91n9fx


 * Jeena knowledge transfer: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRRCEFDau-NXzitffjYNSJwXnJ27yU2o6S-QciD4BrA/edit#gid=0
 * When you think, "oh, I should ask jeena" add whatever you're thinking about to this ticket


 * K8s CKE training signup— https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M6PYrZMv5rVjuSpOM092L6BIjZwSwLvZJvDgfJFbLvg/edit#gid=0


 * Migrate pipeline repos
 * Seems to have a few takers—abstract wiki + discovery search
 * Prioritize helping these folks use the neat stuff we've built
 * TODO: start WikiHunger slack channel