Contrary to the subject, these deploy*ments* are indeed planned to
happen, not just in a maybe or might status.

Happy Friday,

Greg

<quote name="Greg Grossmeier" date="2013-12-13" time="16:50:15 -0800">
> 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
> 
> -- 
> | Greg Grossmeier            GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E |
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