+1 On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 1:34 PM, Lars Volker <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 > > On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Philip Zeyliger <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi folks! > > > > It sounds like there haven't been objections to having master be "3.0" > and > > introducing a 2.x branch. Would folks be alright if I started making > > changes in that direction? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- Philip > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Philip Zeyliger <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 4:04 PM, Jim Apple <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> This makes sense to me. > > >> > > >> In this mode, for 2.x-only changes and for changes on 3.0 that don't > > >> apply cleanly, there will be a manual way to do the step labelled "1. > > >> Cherrypick tool", and that way is the same way we send patches for > > >> review now, but pushing to HEAD:refs/for/2.x rather than > > >> HEAD:refs/for/master, yes? > > >> > > > > > > Exactly. So, non-clean cherrypicks or 2.x-only changes go through > review > > > on Gerrit, but we give an implicit review pass to clean cherrypicks. > > > > > > We could have the cherrypick tool between gerrit/master and gerrit/2.x > do > > > the cherrypicks and run the tests on Jenkins. Do you think that's > > > preferable? > > > > > > -- Philip > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > >> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 3:57 PM, Philip Zeyliger <[email protected] > > > > >> wrote: > > >> > Picture: > > >> > https://gist.github.com/philz/323c8b4cb411dc12eb7231d922c195 > > >> 1f#file-impala-branch-image-pdf > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Jim Apple <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > > >> >> Often, this list seems to filter out images. Could you post it and > > >> send a > > >> >> link? > > >> >> > > >> >> Thanks for taking this on, Phil! > > >> >> > > >> >> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 3:15 PM, Philip Zeyliger < > > [email protected]> > > >> >> wrote: > > >> >> > > >> >> > I think most patches go to Gerrit branch 'master', which happens > to > > >> >> > identify itself as 3.0. (Or 3.x?). > > >> >> > > > >> >> > Here's a picture: > > >> >> > > > >> >> > [image: Inline image 1] > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > With this, every time "cherrypick_and_push_to_asf.py" is run, it > > >> would > > >> >> > first offer to cherrypick changes between master and 2.x. Then, > it > > >> would > > >> >> > offer push those cherrypicks to gerrit/2.x. After that, it > > continues > > >> on > > >> >> as > > >> >> > before and offers to push changes to ASF. I think this maintains > > the > > >> >> > invariant that pushing to ASF is only done with a human trigger. > > (We > > >> >> could > > >> >> > also have step 1 be done by a Jenkins robot, since it's between > > >> Gerrit > > >> >> and > > >> >> > Gerrit.) > > >> >> > > > >> >> > I looked at the How to Release page, and the main difference > would > > be > > >> >> > that, for a 2.x release, the $COMMIT_HASH_YOU_CHOSE would come > from > > >> the > > >> >> 2.x > > >> >> > branch, as would any cherrypicks. > > >> >> > > > >> >> > Does this match what you're thinking? > > >> >> > > > >> >> > Thanks! > > >> >> > > > >> >> > -- Philip > > >> >> > > > >> >> > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 11:07 AM, Jim Apple < > [email protected]> > > >> >> wrote: > > >> >> > > > >> >> >> Which gerrit branch were you thinking most patches would go to? > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> If they go to 3.0, then push_to_asf.py would have to be amended > to > > >> >> >> push to gerrit, bypassing code review. I think that's possible, > > but > > >> >> >> I'm not 100%. > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> There is also security to think about, since the push_to_asf.py > > >> users > > >> >> >> can push a few commits at a time, including ones they didn't > > author > > >> or > > >> >> >> review. > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> We'll also want to clarify > > >> >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/IMPALA/How+ > to+Release > > >> and > > >> >> >> keep it consistent with the git & gerrit statuses quo. > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 10:52 AM, Philip Zeyliger < > > >> [email protected]> > > >> >> >> wrote: > > >> >> >> > Hi! > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> >> Should we start tagging all candidates with a common label, > > e.g. > > >> >> >> > include-in-v3? > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> > I agree with Lars's suggestion for tagging JIRAs with > > >> include-in-v3. > > >> >> >> I've > > >> >> >> > done so, and the relevant query is > > >> >> >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=labels%20%3D%20in > > >> >> >> clude-in-v3%20and%20project%3Dimpala > > >> >> >> > . > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> >> What sort of process were you thinking of for the automation? > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> > I think amending push_to_asf.py, as you suggest, is a great > > idea. > > >> I > > >> >> >> think > > >> >> >> > we have a string ("not for 2.x") which can be used in commit > > >> messages > > >> >> to > > >> >> >> > discourage the cherrypick for the changes we want to be > > exclusive > > >> >> until > > >> >> >> we > > >> >> >> > want to change the defaults in the other direction. (I.e., > right > > >> now > > >> >> the > > >> >> >> > string is "not for 2.x", but at some point the string may be > > >> "should > > >> >> be > > >> >> >> > cherrypicked to 2.x".) > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> > I do think that we want to create a gerrit branch to allow > > >> 2.x-only > > >> >> >> changes > > >> >> >> > to be reviewed in the straight-forward fashion. > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> > -- Philip > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> > On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 9:31 AM, Jim Apple < > > [email protected]> > > >> >> >> wrote: > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> >> I'm on-board with all of this. (I also would be OK delaying > > 3.0, > > >> if > > >> >> >> >> that were the consensus). > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> There is one issue in here I think we should dive into: > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> > Both master and 2.x would be active, and, at least for the > > >> >> beginning, > > >> >> >> >> > changes would automatically be pulled into the 2.x line, > > unless > > >> >> >> >> explicitly > > >> >> >> >> > blacklisted. > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> What sort of process were you thinking of for the automation? > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> Some context, starting from what we all likely already know: > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> The bulk of the code review and pre-merge testing results are > > >> >> recorded > > >> >> >> >> in gerrit. Once the pre-merge testing passes, a patch is > > >> >> cherry-picked > > >> >> >> >> to the git repo hosted with gerrit. To get the patch to the > > >> Impala > > >> >> git > > >> >> >> >> repo hosted by the ASF, bin/push_to_asf.py is run by a human > > who > > >> >> >> >> supplies his or her ASF credentials. That script copies the > > >> commit to > > >> >> >> >> the ASF git repo. > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> Often, 2-3 commits will pile up in gerrit before some > committer > > >> runs > > >> >> >> >> that script and pushes them to ASF. > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> We could edit that script (bin/push_to_asf.py) to help with > the > > >> >> cherry > > >> >> >> >> picks, so that each time a commit is made, the committer must > > say > > >> >> >> >> whether the commit goes in 2.x, 3.0, or both, but the commits > > are > > >> >> >> >> often made by people who didn't author the patches, so they > may > > >> not > > >> >> be > > >> >> >> >> sure which branch to go in. > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> Additionally, gerrit code review is intimately tied to the > git > > >> repo. > > >> >> >> >> Gerrit runs a git repo under-the-hood, and I believe that the > > >> branch > > >> >> >> >> on gerrit's git that changes are cherry-picked to after > > pre-merge > > >> >> >> >> testing is identical to the Impala git repo hosted by the > ASF - > > >> down > > >> >> >> >> to the hashes, even. If we think 2.x and 3.0 will diverge > > enough > > >> that > > >> >> >> >> we'll want different code reviews for different branches, > then > > we > > >> >> >> >> might want two different branches on gerrit, too. > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >
