On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 5:36 PM AntiCompositeNumber < [email protected]> wrote:
> Are they still pinned to Pacific time for DST, or will they stay in UTC? > Everything is still anchored to Pacific Time, so currently PST on the spreadsheet will remain correct year round. The times will spring forward and fall back with America/Los_Angeles. Initially, I tried anchoring the calendar to UTC. Then when DST happened (for most of the world) folks noted their deployment windows were suddenly an hour earlier than they expected :) Timezones, β Tyler On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 7:32 PM Tyler Cipriani <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > 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 (Antoine did, actually). > > > > After discussing with backport and train deployers, we're shifting > backport window timeslots to: > > > > Evenly distribute backport windows β the IST timezone had no good time > to deploy > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
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