Wikimedia Release Engineering Team/Checkin archive/2023-03-01
2023-03-01
edit🏆 Wins
edit- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Monthly_notable_accomplishments
- Feb '22 edition
- Buildkit upstream patch to make client connections more robust in case of loss
- Smooth wmf.22 train
- docker-pkg build --list \o/
- Isolating build containers in buildkit in privilege mode
- Mr. Widget should be deployable, I think (as soon as secrets are actually stashed)
- Pushed up patches for JWT (hopefully the final ones :D)
- Deployed production releases-jenkins using scap3!
- Patched scap to be smarter about interrupted helm deploys!
- See Slack://WikiLove thread re: scap backport
- "90% reduction in time spent in existential dread" ← going on a slide deck somewhere!
- fixed scap backport for dependencies
- Mar '22 edition
- New scap self-install in production
- Learned too much about iptables
🌻 Open source/Upstream contributions
edit- Some moby/buildkit stuff:
😶 Let's keep this empty
edit📅 Vacations/Important dates
edit- 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
March 2023
edit- 13-15 Mon-Wed: Dan (building cabinets)
- 16–21 Thu–Tue: Tyler (guessing, running https://www.madmooseevents.com/canyonlands-half-marathon on the 18th 😬)
- 23 & 24 Thu–Fri: Jaime
- 24 Fri: Jeena volunteering
🔥🚂 Train
edit- 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 + Ahmon
Team discussions
edit- k8s-sig meeting yesterday
- persistent storage needs
- harbor openness :)
- training across the org for k8s
- docker-shim deprecation