Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2012-02-07 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Tue, 2012-02-07 at 13:15 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote: > On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 22:44 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > After having to send in another code freeze break request e-mail, I > > realised that the process is problematic. Apart from the release team > > and the patch sender, nobody else

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2012-02-07 Thread Andre Klapper
On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 22:44 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > After having to send in another code freeze break request e-mail, I > realised that the process is problematic. Apart from the release team > and the patch sender, nobody else knows about the freeze break request, > or about the status of t

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread Johannes Schmid
Hi! > Instead of keywords, we could just add bugzilla pseudo accounts for > "string-freeze-br...@gnome.bugs", "ui-freeze-br...@gnome.bugs", > "code-freeze-br...@gnome.bugs". Then to request a break, just cc: the > appropriate address on the bug along with a comment explaining why. > Release/docs/i

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread Shaun McCance
On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 21:24 -0400, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 22:44 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > I think that, at the very least for GNOME 3.4 onwards, we should switch > > to using a keyword in bugzilla, and the release-team, docs team and i18n > > teams can monitor newly req

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread Dan Winship
On 09/23/2011 07:58 AM, Olav Vitters wrote: > I think that will add too much burden on the people who have to approve? > > I don't track RSS at all. Release-team gets a lot of freeze breaks and I > want to be notified immediately, not after a delay. I need to see the > comments that other teams ma

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread Olav Vitters
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:51:04PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > Here's the workflow with a keyword: > 1. Developer adds a patch to an important bug, and realises that the > patch needs to make it to stable during a freeze (possibly through a > banner, auto-updated via ical) > 2. Developer adds "f

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 09:40 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:44:32PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > I think that, at the very least for GNOME 3.4 onwards, we should switch > > to using a keyword in bugzilla, and the release-team, docs team and i18n > > teams can monitor new

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread Ross Burton
On 23 September 2011 10:58, Olav Vitters wrote: >> For what it's worth this is exactly what we do in MeeGo for >> distribution freezes and we find it works very well. > > Do you have multiple freezes? Do you use one flag or multiple? How do > you handle multiple teams and e.g. one flag? We have a

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread Olav Vitters
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 09:57:15AM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > On 23 September 2011 08:40, Olav Vitters wrote: > > The Bugzilla way of doing this is to use flags. A flag is either defined > > for attachments _or_ (not and) bugs. This is possible on our currently > > bugzilla; we just do not use th

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread Ross Burton
On 23 September 2011 08:40, Olav Vitters wrote: > The Bugzilla way of doing this is to use flags. A flag is either defined > for attachments _or_ (not and) bugs. This is possible on our currently > bugzilla; we just do not use them. For what it's worth this is exactly what we do in MeeGo for dist

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread F Wolff
Op Vr, 2011-09-23 om 10:11 +0200 skryf Jorge González: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 09:53, Baptiste Mille-Mathias > wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Olav Vitters wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:44:32PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: ... > > As Bastien reported it is also hard to k

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread Olav Vitters
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:11:13AM +0200, Jorge González wrote: > There could be a shared calendar. I have my own to know when we > release and when are we in string freeze and such. It's very easy. http://www.gnome.org/start/unstable/schedule.ics webcal://www.gnome.org/start/unstable/schedule.ics

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread Jorge González
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 09:53, Baptiste Mille-Mathias wrote: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Olav Vitters wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:44:32PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: >>> I think that, at the very least for GNOME 3.4 onwards, we should switch >>> to using a keyword in bugzilla, an

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread Baptiste Mille-Mathias
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Olav Vitters wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:44:32PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: >> I think that, at the very least for GNOME 3.4 onwards, we should switch >> to using a keyword in bugzilla, and the release-team, docs team and i18n >> teams can monitor newly r

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-23 Thread Olav Vitters
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:44:32PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > I think that, at the very least for GNOME 3.4 onwards, we should switch > to using a keyword in bugzilla, and the release-team, docs team and i18n > teams can monitor newly request breaks, through RSS feeds (the design > team does th

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-22 Thread Shaun McCance
On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 22:44 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > Heya, > > After having to send in another code freeze break request e-mail, I > realised that the process is problematic. Apart from the release team > and the patch sender, nobody else knows about the freeze break request, > or about the

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-22 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 18:28 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > Heya, > > > > After having to send in another code freeze break request e-mail, I > > realised that the process is problematic. Apart from the release team > > and the patch sende

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-22 Thread Matthias Clasen
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Bastien Nocera wrote: > Heya, > > After having to send in another code freeze break request e-mail, I > realised that the process is problematic. Apart from the release team > and the patch sender, nobody else knows about the freeze break request, > or about the st

Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-22 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 22:44 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > Heya, > > After having to send in another code freeze break request e-mail, I > realised that the process is problematic. Apart from the release team > and the patch sender, nobody else knows about the freeze break request, > or about the

Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

2011-09-22 Thread Bastien Nocera
Heya, After having to send in another code freeze break request e-mail, I realised that the process is problematic. Apart from the release team and the patch sender, nobody else knows about the freeze break request, or about the status of the request. I think that, at the very least for GNOME 3.4