[Engineering] Looking for more additions to SWAT (deploy) team

Thu Mar 3 13:43:52 UTC 2016

Hi Greg,

I'm willing to help (mostly morning SWAT).
I've never deployed anything so I'll need some help for the first patches.

David.

Le 02/03/2016 23:21, Greg Grossmeier a écrit :
> As you know, one of the quickest ways of getting your fix backported to
> production (from master) is to use a SWAT window:
> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWAT_deploys
>
> And now, I ask for new volunteers!
>
> Would you like to help make developers happy and be a part of the crew
> of people who deploy during these windows? Of course you would!
>
> These happen twice a day every work day (except Friday, naturally) at
> 8:00 SF (16:00 UTC currently) and 16:00 SF (00:00 UTC).
>
> We're open to both those already familiar with deploying to Wikimedia
> servers and those who are not; we're friendly and willing to teach :)
>
> Requirements are:
> * A shell account on production
> ** See: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requesting_shell_access
> * Availability during one of the two windows on a regular basis
> * A willingness to learn and being comfortable with asking for
>    help/advice when you aren't sure, especially when you aren't sure what
>    a particular patch will actually do in production.
>
>
> What you'll get:
> * Fancy access to deploy to "A Top 10 Web Property"(TM)(C)
> * Support from current SWATers to get started
> * A t-shirt and/or sticker if you end up breaking, AND FIXING,
>    production
>
> Let me know if you're interested!
>
> Greg
>