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*Changes later this week*
- [image: Advanced item] Big changes to the replica database
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Replication_(computing)> will happen
on 3 June. Some tools on Cloud Services
<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Cloud_Services_Introduction> will
stop working if the maintainers do not update them to use the new schema.
This probably affects tools that query for revisions or log entries made by
a user. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T223406>[2]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/cloud-announce/2019-May/000172.html>
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/wmf.7> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 28 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia
wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 May. It will be on all wikis from 30 May (
calendar <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.34/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Recurrent item] [image: Advanced item] You can join the
technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers
can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 29 May at 15:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190528T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
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