tl;dr: Backport windows will shift earlier in the (UTC) day starting on Mon, Feb 14th.
*Problem* Some backport windows have few deployers, and windows are not evenly distributed for global usersβthe window times slant US-centric. *Solution* tl;dr: we made a spreadsheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-bMfSzzzNxaOswFgqxkGVhfBnTenYL0Rw8XW-bHmolQ/edit?pli=1#gid=690147374> (Antoine did, actually). After discussing with backport and train deployers, we're shifting backport window timeslots to: 1. Evenly distribute backport windows β the IST timezone had no good time to deploy 2. Provide better deployer coverage β the late afternoon backport window (which previously happened at 4pm Pacific) often had few deployers (and few users) Here's a schedule that will be live *Mon, Feb 14th *(my Valentine's day present to you all) - 08:00 UTC π Early Backport - 14:00 UTC π Afternoon Backport - 21:00 UTC π Evening Backport Train - 09:00 UTC π UTC-0 (Antoine) Train - 19:00 UTC π UTC-7 (US) Train Big(ish) Changes - UTC-7 train is an hour earlier - Swapped with the backport window so backport is now after train - UTC-Early backport is much earlier - UTC-Late backport is pretty early, too <3 Tyler Cipriani (he/him) Engineering Manager, Release Engineering Wikimedia Foundation
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