GitLab 9.3 release post

Review Apps link: https://release-9-3.about.gitlab.com/2017/06/22/gitlab-9-3-released/

Release Post 🎉

• Blog handbook: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/blog/
• Release post handbook: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/blog/release-posts/

General Contributions

General contributions from the team.

Due date: 06/14 (6th working day before the 22nd)

• Label MR: blog post release
• Add milestone
• Intro
• MVP
• Add cover image image_title (compressed)
• Upgrade barometer
• Top features
• Primary features
• Secondary features (improvements)
• Performance improvements
• Omnibus improvements
• Deprecations
• Documentation links
• Authorship (author's data)

Review

Content review (PMs)

Due date: 06/19 (2nd working day before the 22nd)

• Label MR: blog post release review-in-progress
• General review (PM)
  • Check Features' names
  • Check Features' availability (CE, EES, EEP)
  • Check Documentation links
  • Update data/promo.yml
  • Check all images' size - compress whenever > 300KB
  • Meaningful links (SEO)
  • Check links to product/feature webpages
• Copyedit (Sean P, Rebecca, or Marcia)
  • Title
  • Description
  • Grammar, spelling, clearness (body)
• Final review (Job)

Structural Check

Due date: 06/19 (2nd working day before the 22nd)

• Label MR: blog post release review-structure
• Check frontmatter (entries, syntax)
• Check image_title and twitter_image
• Check image shadow {:.shadow}
• Check images' ALT text
• Videos/iframes wrapped in <figure> tags (responsiveness)
• Add/check <!-- more --> separator
• Add/check cover img reference (at the end of the post)
• Columns (content balance between the columns)
• Badges consistency (applied to all headings)
• Remove any remaining instructions
• Remove HTML comments
• Run deadlink checker
• Update release template with any changes (if necessary)

data/release_posts/2017_06_22_gitlab_9_3_released.yml

@@ -325,40 +325,29 @@ features:
         In GitLab 9.2 we released Pipeline Schedules that can be configured and managed using the UI. Today with GitLab 9.3 we're also releasing calls
         to create and manage Pipeline Schedules through a set of API, in order to allow integration with other tools simple and effective.
-    - name: Terraform support for AWS
+    - name: Upcoming nginx upgrade
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: ''
       documentation_text: "Learn more "
-      image_url: '/images/9_3/'
+      image_url:
       description: |
-        In the last couple releases, we have been making improvements to our
-        support for deploying GitLab with Terraform. With GitLab 9.3, we are
-        excited to announce Terraform support for AWS, enabling users to
-        easily and quickly deploy GitLab on Amazon.
-
-        <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/1521>
-    - name: Enhancements for GitLab HA, out of beta
-      available_in: [eep]
+        As part of the upcoming GitLab 9.4 release, we will be upgrading the version of nginx included in our Omnibus packages to the new stable release, 1.12. Version 1.12 includes a number of improvements over the previous stable release, including the ability to [filter the log output](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/merge_requests/1585). This will be a transparent upgrade for users, however if you have added [nginx your own customizations](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/settings/nginx.md#inserting-custom-nginx-settings-into-the-gitlab-server-block) to the configuration, please ensure they continue to work with version 1.12.
+    - name: Additional Gitlab service metrics now available
+      available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: ''
       documentation_text: "Learn more "
-      image_url: '/images/9_3/'
+      image_url: 
       description: |
-        As part of GitLab 9.3, we are making further enhancements to our
-        GitLab High Availability support. These changes simplify the process
-        of configuring HA, making it easier to get up and running and maintain.
-        With these changes we are proud to announce that HA is ready to leave
-        behind the Beta flag, being fully generally available.
-
-        <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/1807>
-    - name: Upcoming nginx upgrade
+        GitLab is at the heart of an organization's software engineering worfklow, so ensuring it is performing at it's best is important. With the 9.3 release, we have made it possible to get a deeper look inside GitLab by offering a number of additional metrics for monitoring. These include x, y, z, and we will continue to add additional metrics in subsequent releases. 
+    - name: Performance impact of merge request now quantified
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: ''
       documentation_text: "Learn more "
-      image_url:
+      image_url: 
       description: |
-        As part of the upcoming GitLab 9.4 release, we will be upgrading the version of nginx included in our Omnibus packages to the new stable release, 1.12. Version 1.12 includes a number of improvements over the previous stable release, including the ability to [filter the log output](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/merge_requests/1585). This will be a transparent upgrade for users, however if you have added [nginx your own customizations](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/settings/nginx.md#inserting-custom-nginx-settings-into-the-gitlab-server-block) to the configuration, please ensure they continue to work with version 1.12.
+        With GitLab 9.2, we added the ability to see the memory impact of a merge request, by adding a sparkline to the MR flow. As part of GitLab 9.3, we are taking this further and can now quantify the change in memory usage before and after the merge. It is now easier than ever for developers to be cognizant of the impact they are having on overall service performance, driving alignment across teams as delighting customers is everyone's job.
 # MVP
 mvp: