Wikimedia Release Engineering Team/Checkin archive/2023-07-05

= 2023-07-05 =


 * Last time

🏆 Wins

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


 * Bunch of GitLab accounts created ~200 accounts
 * Tooling for recurring account syncing
 * Default phabricator.wikimedia.org frontpage has a "I need access or permissions to..." tab panel - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/W2984
 * Blubber acceptance tests
 * docpub in Jenkins
 * Antivandalism patch deployed! (one down; one to go)
 * Learned that we needed to restart php
 * git::clone changes in puppet for specifying a tag
 * git::clone upstream changes now changes the origin
 * WMCS instance caches for NPM via "npm cache verify" to GC the cache


 * There was a pretty rad drone show at the Dead & Co show in Boulder
 * Temi learned LimeSurvey
 * buildctl --wait
 * dev-images image rebuilding
 * train backport on Saturday

🌻 Open source/Upstream contributions

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


 * https://github.com/moby/buildkit/pull/3586 `buildctl --wait` was merged into upstream

Code review

 * +1'd gerrit changes

Gerrit Access requests

 * Gerrit access requests

GitLab Access requests

 * Accounts and auth -
 * 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

July 2023

 * 03-04 Mon: U.S. July Holiday, US staff with reqs
 * 05 Wed & 06 Thu: Andre CZ public holidays


 * 23 Fri Jun–18 Fri Aug: Jeena → Mongolia :D :D
 * 06 Wed–11 Tue: Dancy out (wedding, not mine)
 * 26Wed-28Fri Andre less available (conference)
 * 28 Fri: Brennen out for RockyGrass 🪕
 * 18 Tue - 21 Fri Jaime
 * 27 Thr - 28 Fri Dan
 * 31 Mon Jul – 21 Mon Aug

August 2023

 * 31 Mon Jul – 21 Mon Aug – Antoine
 * 23 Fri Jun–18 Fri Aug: Jeena → Mongolia :D :D :D
 * 07 Fri: Brennen flying back from NYC
 * 09 Wed: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, US staff with reqs
 * 11 Fri: Brennen out for Folks Fest (?)
 * 7-11 Mon-Fri: Dan out for family vacation
 * 27 Aug–04 Sep: Brennen (🔥)

September 2023

 * 26 Aug–05 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 – Jeena + Dan (Brennen out, Jaime out)
 * 12 Jun – wmf.13 – Jaime + Jeena
 * 19 Jun – wmf.15 – Cancelled for offsite
 * 26 Jun – wmf.16 – Brennen + Jaime (Jeena out)


 * 3 Jul – wmf.17 – Antoine + Brennen (3rd + 4th holidays)
 * 10 Jul – wmf.18 – Dan + Antoine (Ahmon out)
 * 17 Jul – wmf.19 – Ahmon+Dan (Brennen out Friday)
 * 24 Jul – wmf.20 – Jaime+Ahmon

Team discussions

 * [AK] Q: Anyone wants to provide input on secret mgmt tools in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T340052 ? (pwstore, private repos, 1password.com, etc)

Goals for this quarter


 * 1. Move phab to phorge
 * 2. PipelineLib → GitLab

August major version upgrade for GitLab
 * Update the test instance before hand
 * Nothing too worrisome at this point

Dzahn July 15th–Octish