Wikimedia Release Engineering Team/Checkin archive/2021-11-03

= 2021-11-03 =

✨Values✨

 * Developer focused
 * Freedom and open source
 * Integrity
 * Teamwork and collaboration
 * Quality

🏆 Wins

 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Monthly_notable_accomplishments
 * October '21 edition


 * Scap 4 release!! Now with more Python
 * GitLab upgrades
 * Gerrit added to train-dev unblocks scap backport dev
 * Data^3d is functional and ready for demos
 * More people using train dev
 * Antoine uses chrome^Hium |not sure that is a win|
 * Gerrit upgrade to 3.3.6 (fixes some minor ui glitches)
 * Client side errors are blocking the train
 * GitLab is open to all
 * dashboards getting close to demo-worthy?  http://173.17.185.55:8001/-/dashboards/project-metrics?project=PHID-PROJ-uier7rukzszoewbhj7ja
 * Nov '21 edition


 * Deploy MediaWiki manually in Train-Dev to k8s!
 * Pipeline supports copying files out of containers as published artifacts in Jenkins!
 * Deployed Tuesday with a script thing!

😶 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
 * https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Time_off

November
(Antoine a week at early in november)
 * 1 Nov: Antoine (All saints)
 * 2 Nov: Election day (US Staff with reqs)


 * 3 Nov–5 Nov: Brennen
 * 5 Nov: Tyler (shifting 2 Nov)
 * 8-9 Nov: Jeena
 * 11 Nov: Veterans day (US Staff with reqs)
 * 11 Nov: Antoine (1914/1918)
 * 12 Nov: Tyler
 * 25-26 Nov: Thanksgiving (US Staff with reqs)

December

 * 10 Dec: Jeena
 * 24-31 December: End of Year Holiday (US Staff with reqs)
 * Might be all staff

📚 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


 * Mon, Oct 25 (next Monday) EngProd Lunch and Learn: DragonFly Q&A with Janis Meybohm
 * Mon, Nov 8: Nada :\

🔥🚂 Train

 * https://tools.wmflabs.org/versions/
 * https://train-blockers.toolforge.org/


 * 27 Sep - wmf.2 - Jeena + Dan
 * 4 Oct - wmf.3 - Brennen + Jeena
 * 11 Oct - wmf.4 - Ahmon + Brennen
 * 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 - Brennen + Jeena
 * 29 Nov - wmf.11 - Ahmon + Brennen
 * 6 Dec - wmf.12 - Antoine + Ahmon
 * 13 Dec - wmf.13 - Mukunda + Antoine
 * 20 Dec - wmf.14 - NO TRAIN
 * 27 Dec - wmf.17 - NO TRAIN
 * 3 Jan - wmf.18 - Dan + Mukunda
 * 10 Jan - wmf.19 - Jeena + Dan

📤 Train update email

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


 * Set by train conductor next week

🕺Retro
https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lxyE9RA=/

🏥 Triage

 * Priority Backlog 🔥: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/?project=PHID-PROJ-ti3zwg5ygjhzwoiot3vu&statuses=open&group=none&order=newest#R
 * Done by Thu Nov 4: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5598/


 * Steps
 * Empty INBOX
 * Urgent tasks: move to Priority Backlog 🔥
 * Important, not urgent: Move to Next ➡️
 * Not important or urgent: Move to Seen 🙈
 * Move in progress → Done by Thu Nov 4
 * Including trains
 * Assign points
 * Move from Priority Backlog 🔥 → Done by Thu Nov 4 📅
 * Assign points
 * Rejoice