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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