> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Justin Lebar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Another question/suggestion about this process: > > > > Basically any b2g bug will need either approval-aurora or > > blocking-basecamp. Otherwise it's effectively b2g v2 work, and > > nobody > > is working on v2 at the moment. > > > > If I have a bug that's not a basecamp blocker that I'd like to get > > into b2g, this means that I have to wait for an Aurora triage > > session > > before I can land it and have it available on Aurora. I expect we > > will soon modify our main b2g repository to point at mozilla-aurora > > instead of mozilla-central (since we won't be shipping > > mozilla-central > > v19 in b2g v1), which means that no other b2g devs will get my > > change > > until it lands on Aurora. > > > > Will be running mozilla-aurora triage once a day? Otherwise, how > > long > > should I expect to wait before I can land non-blockers on > > mozilla-aurora? > > > > In order to meet our deadline, it's critical that we be able to > > share > > patches with others quickly. If I have to wait days to get my > > non-basecamp-blocking bugs landed on Aurora, that will slow us down > > to > > an unacceptable level. > > > > We do b2g triage once a day. If we can't do Aurora triage once a > > day, > > perhaps we can add a b2g-v1-approval flag which is equivalent to a > > fast-tracked aurora-approval flag. (Even better, b2g-v1-approval > > could go on the bug, instead of on the patch, which would further > > reduce lag before landing.) > > I absolutely agree that we need to have a very quick turnaround time > for getting approvals. > > One thing that might help is to give aurora-approval powers to > everyone that has basecamp-blocking powers. That way we can go > through > b2g related aurora-approval nominations while we do the normal > triage, > which happens every day.
An alternative approach is to have a release management representative join daily B2G triage *most* of the time. (Say, Mon, Wed, Fri when there is are no channel meetings.) This is definitely a time commitment for the relman team but, if they can swing it, is one way they can contribute to B2G. Lawrence _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
