[Engineering] SWAT deploys - Release Engineering team members as backup deployers

Mon Jun 10 23:52:43 UTC 2019

Hello all,

If you watch the deployment calendar[0] closely you may have noticed a
change recently regarding the individuals listed next to each SWAT
deploy[1] window.

The short version:
* We have removed all Release Engineering team members names from the
  list of SWAT deployers.
* Release Engineering team members are still around and available on an
  as needed/backup basis.
* Release Engineering team members are still around to respond to any
  issues that arise, of course.
* Also, Release Engineering would love to train more individuals on any
  engineering team to self-serve their own SWAT deploys. Please contact
  me if you'd like to explore next steps.

This is a relatively minor change to reflect the growing reality of how
SWAT deploy windows happen now.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our current
and past SWAT deployers; thank you for helping get fixes out to our
users quickly and safely.

Best,

Greg

[0] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments
[1] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/SWAT_deploys

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| Greg Grossmeier            GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E |
| Release Team Manager            A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |
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