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["Jeremy Blosser (emrys)" <jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org>]

On May 05, Arwed von Merkatz [v.merkatz AT gmx.net] wrote:
> as the process of how to get fixes into stable(-rc) grimoire apparently
> isn't clear to everyone, here's how I think the process should be.
> This is mostly a draft to get comments, but we definitely need some
> policy like this to ensure stable is as stable as we can get it.
> This isn't really anything new, just a clarification of how the process
> is supposed to work, extending it to security updates.
> 
> - a new flag "integrate to stable-rc" will get added to bugzilla
> - bugs get filed against the highest grimoire in the stability range
>   that they apply to, i.e. first to stable, then stable-rc, then test

I like this clarification, as I haven't been sure on it before.  Can we add
something about how the fixed/verified/closed flags are to be used?  I
think we have coommon practice of closing things when they reach the
grimoire they were filed against, but I'm not sure that's written down.

> - bugs get fixed _only_ in test grimoire as usual
> - once they're fixed in test, the "fixed in lesser branch" flag is set
>   to "+", and the "integrate to $BRANCH" flags are set to "?" for the
>   branches they apply to
> - one of the gatekeepers (currently Eric Sandall, Seth Woolley and
>   myself) approves or denies the request(s) for integration, if it's
>   denied, an explanation of the reasons is added to the bug 

Is the APL included in that like I am for other stuff Eric does?  I'm
asking because I don't know... FWIW I don't really want to be a gatekeeper
but will do it if required when none of the rest of you are available for
some reason and it's something that can't wait for you.

> - once the request is approved (flag set to "+"), it can be integrated
>   to the branch for which it was approved, currently that integration
>   can be done by anyone with access to those grimoires

I know we have an 'integrated to stable' flag as well, which I believe is
to be set by whoever does the integration, correct?   Will we have one of
those for 'integrated to stable-rc' as well?

> I want the same process to be followed for security updates.
> If a guru does some fixes without a bug report and wants those
> integrated to stable-rc/stable, a new bug report should be filed for
> that, stating the reasons for the request.
> 
> Yes, this does slow down getting bugfixes into stable-rc and stable, but
> that's not a bad thing. We're working hard on getting stable to a really
> stable state (and prometheus showed we still have quite a bit of work
> ahead of us), so we should be really confident that no integration to
> stable breaks stuff that previously worked. It's just a matter of
> getting another pair of eyes to screen the changes right now, we'll
> probably want to add some prometheus testing to that process in the
> future though.
> 
> Any comments are welcome.
> 
> -- 
> Arwed v. Merkatz                              Source Mage GNU/Linux 
> developer
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