Content translation/Deployments/Deployment Plan
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Deployment Plan[edit]
General[edit]
| Deployment Component | Day/Time | People Involved | Notes |
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| cxserver | Wednesday (PST)/Thursday (IST), Before CX deployment | Kartik (kart_), Tech Ops (Alex K/Andrew/Fillippo mostly) | See this |
| ContentTranslation extension updates | Deployment train | Release Team | This can also be done by SWAT (for cherry-pick) if needed. |
| cxserver configuration | As needed | Kartik (kart_), Tech Ops | Puppet config; In effect immediately. |
| MediaWiki config in Production | As needed | Kartik (kart_), Niklas (Nikerabbit) | mediawiki-config |
New Language pairs[edit]
As per the graduation plan and this plan may vary depending upon language pairs and possible complexity in languages and MT availability etc.
| Steps | Components Modified | People Involved | Days to complete (estimated) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Request received | None; Request Triaged | Runa/Amir/Pau | 1 |
| Possible language sources checked | None | Runa/Pau | 1 |
| Language specific adaptation | cxserver & CX extension. See: checklist | Developers | 0-7 |
| MT quality survey completed (applicable for languages with MT support) | None | Runa/Amir/Pau | 3 (may vary depending on community response) |
| Configuration update on labs instance for users to test | MT packages (applicable for languages with MT support) cxserver config for language pair |
Kartik/Niklas/TechOps | 3–4 days |
| Testing period on Labs | None | Everyone | 7 days |
| Announcement made on the Wikipedia VP/Community forum about projected deployment date | None | Runa | 1 (to be done on the same day when testing period starts on Labs |
| Preparation for deployment on production instance | Puppet config for new pair mediawiki-config for deployment in new wiki (if needed) and schedule SWAT |
Kartik/Tech Ops | 3–5 days (to be completed by the last day of testing on Labs, if no major bugs are identified) |
| Deployment on Production instance | mediawiki-config merged (with SWAT) and updated in the target wikipedia Puppet config merged |
Kartik/Tech Ops | 2 days |
| Announcements made to the target Wikipedia | None | Runa | 1 day (same as production deployment) |
| Update Analytics data/graph (Limn) | Analytics. See: New language How-to | Kartik/Niklas | To be done along with Production deployment |
Upcoming deployment[edit]
- By "deployment" we mean "Deploy CX as a beta feature", not as a feature available for everybody.
Code and configuration changes[edit]
Planned[edit]
- Apertium:
- Puppet:
- config:
- Content Translation:
- cxserver: