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

@@ -307,16 +307,6 @@ features:
         to [Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/), in order to free local space and enable
         artifacts to be saved cost effectively, reliably, and with nearly infinite scalability.
-    - name: Auto-cancel Redundant Pipelines Now Set to On for All Projects
-      available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
-      description: |
-        In order to benefit from the
-        [automatic cancellation of redundant pipelines](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/04/22/gitlab-9-1-released/#auto-cancel-redundant-pipelines-ce-ees-eep)
-        and save a lot of time during your development process, GitLab 9.3 sets this behavior to on for all existing and new projects.
-
-        If you really do want to disable it and keep redundant pipelines running, you can
-        [tune the parameter](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/project/pipelines/settings.html#auto-cancel-pending-pipelines) to reflect your needs.
-
     - name: Autolinking Package Names
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       image_url: '/images/9_3/autolink.png'
@@ -337,6 +327,16 @@ features:
         * `Godeps.json` (Go)
         * `requirements.txt` (Python)
+    - name: Auto-cancel Redundant Pipelines Now Set to On for All Projects
+      available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
+      description: |
+        In order to benefit from the
+        [automatic cancellation of redundant pipelines](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/04/22/gitlab-9-1-released/#auto-cancel-redundant-pipelines-ce-ees-eep)
+        and save a lot of time during your development process, GitLab 9.3 sets this behavior to on for all existing and new projects.
+
+        If you really do want to disable it and keep redundant pipelines running, you can
+        [tune the parameter](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/project/pipelines/settings.html#auto-cancel-pending-pipelines) to reflect your needs.
+
     - name: API Support for Pipeline Schedules
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/api/pipeline_schedules.html'
@@ -384,12 +384,6 @@ features:
         It is now easier than ever for developers to be cognizant of the impact they are
         having on service performance, by getting direct feedback within the tool they already use every day.
-    - name: Debian 9 Support
-      available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
-      description: |
-        Support is available for the recent release of [Debian 9](https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617). Official Omnibus packages for GitLab 9.3 can be downloaded from our
-        [installation page](https://about.gitlab.com/installation).
-
     - name: Upcoming Nginx Upgrade
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       description: |
@@ -404,6 +398,12 @@ features:
         [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 nginx configuration, please ensure they continue to work with version 1.12.
+    - name: Debian 9 Support
+      available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
+      description: |
+        Support is available for the recent release of [Debian 9](https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617). Official Omnibus packages for GitLab 9.3 can be downloaded from our
+        [installation page](https://about.gitlab.com/installation).
+
     - name: Additional GitLab service metrics
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/monitoring/prometheus/gitlab_metrics.html'