Investigate release for non WMDE maintained components [4hrs]
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	Jan 5 2021, 10:17 AM

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The components to consider here are the software components considered for the Wikibase suite, i.e.

Potential categories of components to consider:

WMF Search Platform Team maintained software (Query Service, Elastic search)
WMF maintained mediawiki extensions
non-Wikimedia software

Investigation to be time boxed to 4 person hours.
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Other possible categorization:

components that already publish Release Notes
components that publish Release Notes but not aligned with WMDE's expectations on the format/content
components that do not document changes

Acceptance criteria:

Approach on Release Notes has been defined for all recognized categories of non-WMDE maintained components
- Where to put the Release Notes
- What is the intended level of detail to cover in Release Notes

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		Addshore	T267734 Define the process of documenting significant changes in Wikibase and related software to be published with the release
		Resolved		Tarrow	T271193 Investigate release for non WMDE maintained components [4hrs]

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WMDE-leszek created this task.Jan 5 2021, 10:17 AM

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WMDE-leszek updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 5 2021, 10:18 AM

• Samantha_Alipio_WMDE triaged this task as Medium priority.Jan 5 2021, 10:18 AM

WMDE-leszek added a parent task: T267734: Define the process of documenting significant changes in Wikibase and related software to be published with the release.Jan 5 2021, 10:22 AM

WMDE-leszek moved this task from Ready for breakdown to Sprint 4 on the Wikibase Release Strategy board.

WMDE-leszek edited projects, added Wikibase Release Strategy (Sprint 4); removed Wikibase Release Strategy.

WMDE-leszek renamed this task from Investigate release for non WMDE maintained components to Investigate release for non WMDE maintained components [4hrs].Jan 5 2021, 10:26 AM

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Tarrow claimed this task.Jan 15 2021, 8:37 AM

Tarrow moved this task from To do to Doing on the Wikibase Release Strategy (Sprint 4) board.

Tarrow updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 18 2021, 9:03 PM

Table of the status of existing release notes for components of interest:

Component Name	Publishes Release Notes	Has meaningful git log	Has commits linked to phabricator tickets
WDQS Backend	❌ (solution:T272265)	✅	✅
Elasticsearch	✅	-	-
WMF Maintained Elasticsearch Extensions	❌	✅	✅
Quickstatements	❌	❌	❌
WikibaseLocalMedia	✅	-	-
Other WMF Maintained Extensions	❌	✅	✅

Tarrow moved this task from Doing to Peer Review on the Wikibase Release Strategy (Sprint 4) board.Jan 20 2021, 10:10 AM

WMDE-leszek mentioned this in T272472: Create Release Notes document(s) for relevant components of Wikibase software suite.Jan 20 2021, 12:24 PM

• Samantha_Alipio_WMDE edited projects, added Wikibase Release Strategy (Sprint 5); removed Wikibase Release Strategy (Sprint 4).Jan 20 2021, 1:22 PM

• Samantha_Alipio_WMDE moved this task from To do to Peer Review on the Wikibase Release Strategy (Sprint 5) board.

• toan moved this task from Peer Review to Product Verification on the Wikibase Release Strategy (Sprint 5) board.Jan 20 2021, 3:09 PM

See ADR: https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-prototype/blob/main/docs/adr/0009-non-WMDE-release-notes.md

The ADR looks solid, thanks!
I've made a small nitpicky change to make the language in consequences section less - arguable interpretation - "scary": https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-prototype/pull/46

I'll close this task once this other pull request is approve or rejected.

WMDE-leszek closed this task as Resolved.Feb 17 2021, 9:50 PM

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