> I propose we do the same for Gaia too

John and I were of the same mind. Let's move forward with this for both Gecko 
and Gaia.

> I will be working with Taipei devs to
> come up an exact plan and exact set of hd+ bugs to work on.


I think the only thing we still need to figure out is how to notify hd 
engineers when there is a conflict (keyword, whiteboard, needinfo, etc).

-Alex

On Jun 4, 2013, at 5:39 PM, Tim Chien <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Ryan VanderMeulen
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi all, as most of you have probably seen by now, we now have a b2g18 v1.1hd 
>> branch set up for the HD B2G port in development. The plan for this tree is 
>> that it should exactly mirror b2g18 along with additional blocking-b2g:hd+ 
>> patches landing on it.
>> 
>> To make life easier for those landing on b2g18, ensure that no patches miss 
>> being uplifted, and to keep commit history more in sync between the 
>> branches, I propose that *only* blocking-b2g:hd+ patches be manually landed 
>> on the v1.1hd tree. The v1.1hd repo will be kept in sync with b2g18 via 
>> regular branch merges. While I recognize that this does invite the 
>> possibility of merge conflicts eventually rising, I think this is worthwhile 
>> to try until we find it to be unworkable.
>> 
>> To be clear - when referring to b2g18 above, I am *ONLY* referring to the 
>> hg-based Gecko repository (hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-b2g18_v1_1_0_hd), 
>> I am NOT referring to the Git-based Gaia repository (v1.1.0hd branch). It is 
>> my understanding that those uplifts will still need to be double-landed 
>> (CCing jhford to confirm).
>> 
>> Does this plan make sense for everyone? Ultimately, it should make life 
>> easier for people on the Gecko side of things and IMO it reduces the chances 
>> of mistakes being made.
> 
> I propose we do the same for Gaia too; although Gaia is more likely to
> be fall into a conflict state, as long as we don't slip the schedule,
> the conflict here is bearable. I will be working with Taipei devs to
> come up an exact plan and exact set of hd+ bugs to work on.
> 
> Who should make the final call here?
> 
> --
> Tim Guan-tin Chien, Engineering Manager and Front-end Lead, Firefox
> OS, Mozilla Corp. (Taiwan)

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