Wikimedia Release Engineering Team/Checkin archive/2022-02-02

= 2022-02-02 =

✨Values✨
Spoiler: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team#Values
 * Integrity
 * quality
 * freedom and open
 * developer focus
 * #together

ERC Update

 * Thcipriani is the point of contact
 * The goal is to create Communication guidelines
 * "public" page

🏆 Wins

 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Monthly_notable_accomplishments
 * Jan '22 edition


 * New release of Java Gearman plugin
 * Gerrit upgrade! (3.3.6 → 3.3.9)
 * Ahmon debugging of contint1001
 * mwcli coolest tool honorable mention
 * Production benchmarks of yaml parsing for MW
 * New test environment progress for GitLab
 * Plan for trusted runners coming together
 * Scap prep auto working in beta (on the way to prod)
 * Gerrit 3.3→3.4 prework to solve javascript incompat
 * CI-agents upgrade prep for stretch -> bullseye
 * MWCLI progress and GoLand for IntelliJ
 * Feb '22 edition


 * logspam-watch is fast now because Ahmon is good at computers and can tolerate modifying Perl
 * Wrapping up MediaWiki settings loader expedition caching—abstractions for MediaWiki config settings—they can declare how they're cached and how long (with probablistic early expiry to help with lock contention)
 * Mukunda has freed himself from train :D

😶 Let's keep this empty

 * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/wikimedia/+/dashboard/teams:releng#:~:text=Keep%20this%20empty

📅 Vacations/Important dates

 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/HR_Corner/Holiday_List#2022
 * https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Time_off

February

 * 1 Feb: Jaime's first day!


 * 7-11 Feb: Antoine
 * 8-(+2-3 days?) Feb: Dan is out for a minor surgery
 * 9-11 Feb: Brennen—sitting in a hot spring
 * 21 Feb: U.S. Presidents' Day (US Staff with reqs)

March

 * 18 Mar: U.S. March Holiday (US Staff with reqs)

🚀 Onboarding Jaime

 * Doc: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Onboarding/Jaime
 * Task list: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5631/
 * ^^ SOO EMPTY 😩
 * Please add tasks!

📚 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#Present_a_Lunch_and_Learn

🔥🚂 Train

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


 * 18 Oct - wmf.5 - Antoine + Ahmon
 * 25 Oct - wmf.6 - Mukunda + Antoine
 * 1 Nov - wmf.7 - Dan + Mukunda
 * 8 Nov - wmf.8 - NO TRAIN (Veteran's day Nov 11)
 * 15 Nov - wmf.9 - Jeena + Dan
 * 22 Nov - wmf.10 - NO TRAIN
 * 29 Nov - wmf.11 - Brennen + Jeena
 * 6 Dec - wmf.12 - Ahmon + Brennen
 * 13 Dec - wmf.13 - Antoine + Ahmon
 * 20 Dec - wmf.14 - NO TRAIN
 * 27 Dec - wmf.15 - NO TRAIN
 * 3 Jan - wmf.16 - Mukunda + Antoine
 * 10 Jan - wmf.17 - Dan + Mukunda
 * 17 Jan - wmf.18 - Jeena + Mukunda
 * 24 Jan - wmf.19 - Brennen + Jeena


 * 31 Jan - wmf.20 - Ahmon + Brennen
 * 7 Feb - wmf.21 - Jeena + Ahmon TODO: thcipriani fix tasks
 * 14 Feb - wmf.22 - Antoine + Jeena
 * 21 Feb - wmf.23 - Dan + Antoine (President's day on Monday)
 * 28 Feb - wmf.24 - Brennen + Dan
 * 6 Mar - wmf.25 - Antoine + Ahmon
 * 13 Mar - wmf.26 - Jaime!!!! + Antoine
 * 20 Mar - wmf.27 - Dan + Jaime
 * 27 Mar - wmf.28 - Ahmon + Dan

📤 Train update email

 * https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/RelEngTeam-Trainupdate-email
 * https://wheelofnames.com/#
 * https://trainbow.toolforge.org


 * Sent by train conductor next week

Train Risky Patches Ideas

 * Add your https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mIyUciNyHqfOHMsIrPpId04BO9SBNNDI9RZtHnYpV14/edit

Team Intros
Two Truths and a Lie
 * 1) Write three delcarative statements about yourself (7mins)
 * 2) We'll go through person-by-person and vote for the one WE THINK is a lie (by adding +1) by it
 * 3) The big reveal


 * Ahmon
 * I wrote an NFS server for Windows in Common Lisp. +
 * I raise pigeons in my backyard + ++ +
 * My favorite food is burrito ++


 * Antoine
 * We are twin brothers hence why we are there from 9am to midnight+++++ ++
 * We have erased the english wikipedia database +
 * We have learned skateboarding at 40 years old


 * Brennen
 * I am wearing something made out of a bison. ++
 * I have never eaten whale.+++++
 * I have published research in an academic journal.+


 * Dan
 * I once used up all available nine frames in the Animation Land feature of Mario Paint to have Yoshi blink as smoothly as the platform would allow.
 * I enjoy naming things.+++ +
 * I just told a lie. ++


 * Jeena
 * I completed dark cave in pokemon red without using HM flash +
 * I hate slimy foods+++++
 * I saw a pet monkey in the middle of Tokyo ++


 * Jaime
 * I can whistle the flight of the bumblebee ++
 * I used to be the vocalist in a band
 * Italian people get mad at me frequently when I cook pasta+ + ++++


 * Mukunda
 * I have contributed ruby code to the Puppet project.
 * I play guitar, bass, cello, drums and keyboards.
 * My new job is really building NFT tech for a gaming startup.+ ++ +++ +

Temi
 * I thought I was going to be an industrial engineer and started studying towards that
 * Food and I are best friends + + +
 * I am adventurous and outgoing. + +


 * Tyler
 * I am nationally award-winning homebrewer +
 * I have contributed JavaScript to the Bootstrap framework + +
 * I was in a tornado when I was 8 years old +