Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the deployment highlights
email.
You can always check the Deployment calendar [0] for the canonical
reference of deployments planned during a given week.
For next week:
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments#Week_of_December_16
!!!Special Holiday Note!!!
This next week is the last week of planned (non-emergency) deployments
before we take a week off for the holidays.
== Monday ==
* The new search backend (CirrusSearch[1]) will be enabled on all
wikisources and commons as a secondary search option that is
accessible via the appending "&srbackend=CirrusSearch" to a search
url.
* CirrusSearch will be added to the list of "Beta Features" that users
can opt-in to on all wikimedias, wikimanias, and wiktionaries.
* There will be a new version of PHP deployed to the Wikimedia servers
on Monday as well. This should not change any user-facing actions
(this update will help deal with a server problem where temporary
files are not deleted when appropriate).
== Tuesday ==
* All non-Wikipedia sites will be switched to MediaWiki 1.23wmf7 [2].
* The GLAM Wiki Toolset[3] will be enabled on Commons, allowing for GLAM
institutions (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) to more
easily upload bulk collections of images with associated metadata.
== Wednesday ==
* The new search backend (CirrusSearch) will be enabled on:
** all wikinewsies set as secondary search;
** itwiktionary, disabled wikis, cawiki, and enwikisource set as primary
search;
** all users on all wikisources will have the option of enabling it as
their own personal primary search via BetaFeatures[4].
* The new and improved Wikimania Scholarships application[5] will be
deployed to production. NOTE: this doesn't mean you need to start
applying for scholarships, this is simply the deployment of the code
for the new scholarship application management tool. See your friendly
Wikimania planners for more information about scholarships.
== Thursday ==
* All Wikipedias will be switched to MediaWiki 1.23wmf7 [2].
* All test wikis (
test.wikipedia.org, test2,
mediawiki.org, and
test.wikidata.or) will be switched to MediaWiki 1.23wmf8 [6].
Thanks, and as always, feel free to reply with any questions,
Greg
[0]
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments#Near_Term
[1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search
[2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf7
[3]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GWToolset
[4]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features
[5]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimania_Scholarship_app
[6]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/wmf8
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