commit: 5415582aaa5845c3b71501f92ad8e547bd1c0c30 Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sun Mar 21 08:58:33 2021 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Wed Apr 7 17:35:13 2021 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=5415582a
keywording: expound on NATTkA importance and HOWTO Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> keywording/text.xml | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) diff --git a/keywording/text.xml b/keywording/text.xml index 9e7177e..f57e18a 100644 --- a/keywording/text.xml +++ b/keywording/text.xml @@ -260,6 +260,41 @@ That way, teams can remove themselves from the list when they are done, giving a clear indication of which teams still remain to stabilize a package. </p> +<p> +It is <e>strongly</e> +<uri link="https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/cd62f6be924f6a0f76b68a07d33b256a";> +recommended</uri> that <c>NATTkA</c> be used to file keywording or +stabilization bugs to ensure that arches are not accidentally forgot about; +the automation removes an often error-prone step in the arch-testing process. +Ask in #gentoo-dev or on the gentoo-dev mailing list if you need help. +</p> + +<p> +<c>NATTkA</c> will set the <c>sanity-check</c> field on Bugzilla to either +<c>-</c> or <c>+</c> depending on whether the package list results in a +consistent dependency graph. You may need to add more packages or adjust the +archs listed for each package based on the output the bot posts as a comment +on the bug. Please note that arch teams may not process or notice bugs with a +blank or <c>-</c> sanity-check, so please fix this if it occurs <d/> or ask for +help to do so. +</p> + +<note> +Note that sometimes NATTkA may do <e>nothing</e> if it has concluded the package +list is complete. You may wish to run <c>nattka sanity-check BUG</c> where +<c>BUG</c> is the bug number you're having an issue with in order to debug the +issue to receive verbose output. +</note> + +<p> +You may wish to read NATTkA's +<uri link="https://github.com/mgorny/nattka#filing-keywordingstabilization-bugs";> +documentation</uri> for help on package list syntax or other information about +the tool. The documentation details syntax which can be used, such as <c>*</c> +to represent 'all previously stable arches', or '^' to copy the arches from the +line(s) above. +</p> + <p> For an ebuild to move to stable, the following guidelines must be met (see <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0040.html";>GLEP 40</uri>
