Deploy Config to Introduce Manual Topic Subscriptions as Beta Feature at Phase 1 Wikis
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	Jul 31 2021, 12:55 AM

Description

This task is about making manual topic subscriptions available as a beta feature at the ===Phase 2 wikis listed below

Deployment timing

Wednesday, 18 August during the Morning backport window (18:00 - 19:00 UTC)

Phase 1 wikis

via T286096.

Wiki code
Commons	note
Wikidata	note

Requirements

For people at the "Phase 1 wikis" above who have the Discussion tools beta feature enabled, they will see the following:

In Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures: the Discussion tools beta feature should contain a list item that reads: Receive notifications when new comments are added in sections you have subscribed to.
In Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing: a new setting within the Discussion pages section that contains a setting titled Enable topic subscription and this setting should be enabled by default
On a talk page with at least one ==H2==, a [ subscribe ] affordance should appear next to it

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All ===Requirements are met

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Enable DiscussionTools' topicsubscription as beta feature on phase 1 wikis	operations/mediawiki-config	master	+2 -0

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	None	T276497 Scale DiscussionTools to all projects
Open	None	T251207 [Epic] Scale DiscussionTools to all Wikipedias
Resolved	ppelberg	T284489 Deploy topic subscriptions (desktop) as opt-out feature at all projects
Resolved	ppelberg	T284490 Offer topic subscriptions as a Beta Feature at all projects
Resolved	ppelberg	T287276 Offer manual topic subscriptions as Beta Feature at all projects
Resolved	ppelberg	T288478 [Release ticket] Offer Manual Topic Subscriptions as Beta Feature at Phase 1 Wikis
Resolved	matmarex	T287800 Deploy Config to Introduce Manual Topic Subscriptions as Beta Feature at Phase 1 Wikis

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ppelberg created this task.Jul 31 2021, 12:55 AM

ppelberg moved this task from Backlog to Triaged on the DiscussionTools board.

ppelberg edited parent tasks, added: T288478: [Release ticket] Offer Manual Topic Subscriptions as Beta Feature at Phase 1 Wikis; removed: T287276: Offer manual topic subscriptions as Beta Feature at all projects.Aug 9 2021, 8:01 PM

ppelberg moved this task from Incoming to Upcoming on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.Aug 11 2021, 12:30 AM

ppelberg renamed this task from Deploy config to introduce manual topic subscriptions as Beta Feature at Phase 1 projects to Deploy Config to Introduce Manual Topic Subscriptions as Beta Feature at Phase 1 Wiikis.Aug 12 2021, 1:14 AM

ppelberg mentioned this in T288703: Announce Manual Topic Subscriptions Availability at Phase 1 Wikis (Beta Feature).

• LZaman mentioned this in T288478: [Release ticket] Offer Manual Topic Subscriptions as Beta Feature at Phase 1 Wikis.Aug 16 2021, 3:41 PM

Adding deployment date (Wednesday, 18 August) to task description. cc @matmarex

Change 713491 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bartosz Dziewoński; author: Bartosz Dziewoński):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable DiscussionTools' topicsubscription as beta feature on phase 1 wikis

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/713491

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 17 2021, 4:27 PM

Scheduled: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments#deploycal-item-20210818T1800

(Note that the fixes for the two release blockers, T286620 and T286954, will be deployed with the 1.37.0-wmf.19 train deployment, which is scheduled an hour after our config deployment. I think this is okay.)

In T287800#7288962, @matmarex wrote:

(Note that the fixes for the two release blockers, T286620 and T286954, will be deployed with the 1.37.0-wmf.19 train deployment, which is scheduled an hour after our config deployment. I think this is okay.)

+1; T286620 and T286954 getting deployed an hour after Manual Topic Subscriptions become available at Commons and Wikidata is fine. I'm glad you explicitly mentioned this, @matmarex.

An hour is really not much for such rather annoying than serious issues, but do you have plans for what to do if the train is blocked or gets rolled back? T281160: 1.37.0-wmf.19 deployment blockers looks clear right now, but who knows.

In T287800#7289341, @Tacsipacsi wrote:

An hour is really not much for such rather annoying than serious issues, but do you have plans for what to do if the train is blocked or gets rolled back? T281160: 1.37.0-wmf.19 deployment blockers looks clear right now, but who knows.

We do not yet have a plan for the scenario you are describing. Although, you raising it here means we now know to talk about this in the team meeting we have scheduled before tomorrow's planned deployment window.

Change 713491 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable DiscussionTools' topicsubscription as beta feature on phase 1 wikis

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/713491

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2021-08-18T18:06:41Z] <urbanecm@deploy1002> Synchronized wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php: 35113b617b3540242ac69a8285c54c70041bc14b: Enable DiscussionTools topicsubscription as beta feature on phase 1 wikis (T287800) (duration: 01m 25s)

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 18 2021, 6:10 PM

Done.

In T287800#7292657, @matmarex wrote:

Done.

Excellent.

In T287800#7289341, @Tacsipacsi wrote:

An hour is really not much for such rather annoying than serious issues, but do you have plans for what to do if the train is blocked or gets rolled back? T281160: 1.37.0-wmf.19 deployment blockers looks clear right now, but who knows.

If it was necessary, we could undo our config change or backport the fixes for those tasks; but because the "blockers" are not that serious, we would probably just leave it deployed like that.

• Whatamidoing-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 18 2021, 7:07 PM

ppelberg closed this task as Resolved.Aug 25 2021, 12:02 AM

• LZaman subscribed.Sep 28 2021, 9:27 PM

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