Hello everyone, This is your weekly preview of higher-risk or general "you should be aware of" items for the slew of deployments coming in the near term. == During the week of March 18th: == * AFTv5 is continuing their rollout of new features and schema changes on Tuesday * E2 and E3 are switching their deploy windows on Thursday * LIGHTNING DEPLOYMENT WINDOWS! == What? What are Lightning deployment windows? == Read this: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lightning_deployments Simply, they are short windows, every weekday (except Friday) where small, quick, and safe* deployments can occur without going through the trouble of schedule a full deployment window. It is only 30 minutes long, and the idea is that more than one deploy could happen in the window (with coordination), so, emphasis on the QUICK. This shouldn't involve scap'ing anything. "safe" is a hard word to really pin down in the world of deployments, but the guideline on the wiki is good: If other developers express concern, avoid the temptation to reassure them that everything will be fine. Take it as a sign that you may be underestimating the complexity of your deployment in your eagerness. One goal of these is to reduce the randomness of small non-critical deployments during the day. If you have something that is quick to deploy but you don't want to wait until your next regularly scheduled deployment window, wait until this Lightning Deploy window. The process for using them is outlined more clearly on the wiki page; please do take a look. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Greg -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | [[User:Greg G (WMF)]] A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |