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  • From: Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] process for getting bugfixes and security updates into stable grimoire
  • Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 20:05:39 +0200

On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 10:58:37AM -0700, Jason Flatt wrote:
> On Friday 05 May 2006 11:56 am, Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
> > On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 01:35:47PM -0500, Jeremy Blosser (emrys) wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > Good point, I forgot adding that. Bugs are to be closed once the fix is
> > in the grimoire the are filed against. If a bug applies to stable-rc,
> > but was filed against test by the reporter, it should be changed to say
> > stable-rc for this reason.
> >
>
> Just as a little more clearification for myself, if a bug gets filed
> against a
> spell in Test, and then fixed in Test, the bug is not marked FIXED if it
> also
> applies to the stable-rc version of the spell, but instead the Version
> field
> is changed from "test grimoire" to "stable-rc", right?

Yes, the Version field should always be set to the most stable branch
the bug applies to.

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