Wikimedia Release Engineering Team/Checkin archive/2022-04-06

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2022-04-06[edit]

πŸ”Key signing[edit]

https://people.wikimedia.org/~thcipriani/2022-03-30_ksp.txt

✨Values✨[edit]

DF, I, F&OS, Q, #T

ERC Update[edit]

  • ERC team members are giving feedback (I gave some feedbackβ€”deadline Soonβ„’)

πŸ† Wins[edit]

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Monthly_notable_accomplishments
Mar '22 edition
  • Scap 4.4.1 released (includes container image building stuff) \o/
  • Brennen talked publicly and was not shamed by it
  • Onboarding Jaime!
  • Dan's blubber demo!
    • docker build can use a blubber file directly now
    • Supports bd808 and developer tooling
    • Opens up for a more flexible release model
  • Job post posted
  • scap backport exits if change is not mergeable
  • Trainsperiment was instructive AND SUCCESSFUL!
  • Got a working mw container image deployed from deploy1002 woohoo πŸ³πŸŽ‰
  • Fixed check-new-errors script (extremely tiny win) \o/
  • Jaime's first scap release!
  • I don't have to press enter any more! (added -n)
  • Train schedule worked!
  • deploy-promote upstreamed to scap!
Apr '22 edition
  • Jamie deployed the train by his lonesome today -- and found bugs \o/
  • Jaime rolledback the train
  • Temi learned about GPG keys

😢 Let's keep this empty[edit]

πŸ“… Vacations/Important dates[edit]

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

April[edit]

  • 1 Apr: U.S. April Holiday (U.S. Staff with Reqs)
  • 4-29 Apr: Dan taking last stretch of new parent leave
  • 4–8 Apr: Brennen out sick
  • ~17 Apr: Brennen probably traveling some
  • 7-11 Apr: Jaime
  • 11–15 Apr: Antoine
  • 18-22 Antoine work but kids are in holidays so less availability in my evenings
  • 18-21: Dancy PTO
  • 22 Apr: Earth Day (U.S. Staff with Reqs)

May[edit]

  • ?: Tyler
  • X Y May Antoine
  • 25-27 May: Antoine
  • 30 May: Memorial Day (U.S. Staff with Reqs)

June[edit]

  • ~9-10 Jun: Brennen

πŸ“š Book club/🍱 Lunch and Learn[edit]

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

πŸ”₯πŸš‚ Train[edit]

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
  • 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 - Ahmon + Brennen
  • 13 Mar - wmf.26 - Jeena + Ahmon (US enters Daylight Saving Time)
  • 20 Mar – 1.39.0-wmf.1, 1.39.0-wmf.2, 1.39.0-wmf.3, 1.39.0-wmf.4 β€”πŸš‚πŸ§ͺ Trainsperiments, ya'll
  • 28 Mar - wmf.5 - Antoine + Jeena
  • 4 Apr - wmf.6 - Jaime!!!! + Antoine
    • Security patch problems
    • Quiet today on group1
  • 11 Apr - wmf.7 - Ahmon + Jaime
  • 18 Apr - wmf.8 - Jeena + Brennen (Antoine can cover UTC mornings)
  • 25 Apr - wmf.9 - Β ??? (Antoine can do)

Hiring Update[edit]

  • Had five interviews
  • 15x applications
  • 13 rejected so far
  • 1 is in tech task
  • 1 been passed on to tech screen

🌱 Sprin{g,t} Cleaning[edit]

  • INBOX triage
    • 27 tasks currently
    • Do
      • Doing (for things this quarter)
      • Priority Backlog (for things for next sprint)
      • Current sprint (for things...in this sprint)
    • Delegate
      • Untag
      • Move to: Release Engineering (Radar)
    • Defer
      • Soon β†’ Soon
      • Maye never β†’ Seen
  • Q3 work cleanup
  • Old sprint board cleanup: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5861/