Source Code Planning 15.1

Release planning for the Source Code Group

🎥 GitLab 15.1 Kickoff - Create:Source Code 🎬

Overview

Build Boards

• Backend Board
• Frontend Board
• UX board

Key Themes

Category	Theme	Why	Workflow
Feature	Implement gitlab-sshd on GitLab SaaS & Applying GitLab SaaS IP Allowlisting for SSH	IP allow listing for SSH	in development
Bugs	Security / Availability	reduce risk	in development
Availability	Understand why we missed the target for the error budget	reduce risk	in analysis
Feature	FIPS compliance	Win government deals	in development
Feature	Highlight source code syntax on the frontend using HighlightJS	Significant performance improvement when rendering large files	in development
Feature	Source code rules - MVC	Improve user experience by making it easier to find and understand the complete set of different rules applied to each branch	starting development
Documentation	Document how repository storage is calculated	Transparency 👁. Storage size affects cost and customers want to know the size of the data on the server	in documentation with dev support
Documentation	Improve documentation of merge options	Transparency 👁	in documentation

Team Capacity

• Total Weight Capacity: TODO
• FE Weight: 9
• BE Weight: 10+6 (excluding capacity for work on IP allowlisting for SSH)

Planning - Planning Board

Product manager prepares the planning with proposed issues for the milestone. Engineering reviews and make recommendations based engineering allocation and capacity.

• Planning Board - backend
• Planning Board - frontend

Checklist

Frontend Engineering Manager

• Get Team Capacities and post them in a comment no later than the 10th of the month (@sean_carroll)
• Obtain weights for proposed issues
• Recommend issues via engineering allocation as applicable
• Assign Deliverable Items for Milestone

Backend Engineering Manager

• Get Team Capacities and post them in a comment no later than the 10th of the month (@andr3)
• Obtain weights for proposed issues
• Recommend issues via engineering allocation as applicable
• Assign Deliverable Items for Milestone

Product Manager

• Define Key Themes
• Prepare planning board and submit it for initial capacity assessment and review
• Signs off on final plan

Stable counterparts

• Technical Writing (@aqualls)

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