We could commit first and then GVO -- that way if a commit broke
something (in a reproducible way), we would at least know which commit
did it. In this proposal, we don't have to wait for GVO N to finish
before committing patch N+1. This is a sort of fast-path-slow-path
idea, but fixing the slow path while keeping 2.x stable could be
tricky.

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Dimitris Tsirogiannis
<[email protected]> wrote:
> My ideal and more conservative policy would be:
> - If conflicts, review.
> - Always GVO.
>
> Dimitris
>
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 2:13 PM, Taras Bobrovytsky <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I like your policy suggestion. If there are no conflicts, then we can push
>> from master to 2.x without any tests or reviews. If there are conflicts,
>> then a review AND a GVO test run are required.
>>
>> We can at least start off with this policy and then change it if it is not
>> working well for some reason.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 1:59 PM, Philip Zeyliger <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > An update here!
>> >
>> > I'm pretty close to pushing the first master-only change (the very
>> exciting
>> > 1-liner at https://gerrit.cloudera.org/#/c/9044/ that bumps versions).
>> > After that, I'll be cherrypicking things into 2.x.
>> >
>> > We need a policy, I think, on reviewing these cherry-picks. The most
>> > heavy-weight would be to do Gerrit and run-tests-before-merge for every
>> > change. The least heavy would be to review only when the cherry-picks
>> > aren't clean. Are people comfortable with the less heavy policy?
>> >
>> > Specifically, I propose that clean cherrypicks from master to 2.x can be
>> > pushed without additional review.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > -- Philip
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Philip Zeyliger <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > It sounds like we've reached consensus, so I'm starting to maneuver
>> this
>> > > along. Please don't hesitate if you've got concerns. You can follow
>> along
>> > > at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMPALA-6410.
>> > >
>> > > The first two reviews are out at:
>> > >
>> > > remote:   http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/9044 Bumping version to 3.0.
>> > > remote:   http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/9045 IMPALA-6410: Tool to
>> > > cherrypick changes across branches.
>> > >
>> > > I've created the branches on Gerrit and Apache as follows:
>> > >
>> > > # This created the branch on gerrit.cloudera.org
>> > > $ssh -p 29418 [email protected] gerrit create-branch
>> Impala-ASF
>> > > 2.x master
>> > >
>> > > # This created the branch on the Apache git server:
>> > > $git push apache asf-gerrit/2.x:refs/heads/2.x
>> > > Username for 'https://git-wip-us.apache.org': philz
>> > > Password for 'https://[email protected]':
>> > > Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
>> > > To https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/impala.git
>> > >  * [new branch]      asf-gerrit/2.x -> 2.x
>> > >
>> > > # Double-check:
>> > > $git-ls-remote apache | grep 2.x; git-ls-remote asf-gerrit | grep 2.x
>> > > 6cc76d72016b8d5672676e8e8a979b0807803ad9        refs/heads/2.x
>> > > 6cc76d72016b8d5672676e8e8a979b0807803ad9        refs/heads/2.x
>> > >
>> > > # push_to_asf learned of the branch "magically"
>> > > $bin/push_to_asf.py
>> > > INFO:root:Fetching from remote 'asf-gerrit'...
>> > > INFO:root:done
>> > > Branch '2.x':    up to date
>> > > Branch 'asf-site':       up to date
>> > > Branch 'branch-2.10.0':  found on Apache but not in gerrit
>> > > Branch 'branch-2.11.0':  found on Apache but not in gerrit
>> > > Branch 'branch-2.7.0':   found on Apache but not in gerrit
>> > > Branch 'branch-2.8.0':   found on Apache but not in gerrit
>> > > Branch 'branch-2.9.0':   found on Apache but not in gerrit
>> > > Branch 'hadoop-next':    up to date
>> > > Branch 'master':         up to date
>> > >
>> > > -- Philip
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 5:29 PM, Alexander Behm <
>> [email protected]>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> +1
>> > >>
>> > >> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 5:27 PM, Taras Bobrovytsky <
>> [email protected]
>> > >
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> > +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.
>> > >> > > > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> > > > >> >> >>
>> > >> > > > >> >> >
>> > >> > > > >> >> >
>> > >> > > > >> >>
>> > >> > > > >>
>> > >> > > > >
>> > >> > > > >
>> > >> > > >
>> > >> > >
>> > >> >
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
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