I don't think it can be automated -- it'd require those few manual
clicks in Jira. I am not a Jira expert though, perhaps it has an API
that does make it scriptable.

Dawid

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 6:23 PM, Erick Erickson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dawid:
>
> So can we automate this somehow? It's still extra work for the RM and
> if it could become a one-liner addition to the release process maybe
> we can make it easier.
>
> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Dawid Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
>> It's not really about wanting to tag it 6.x... It's something I got
>> used to very much and something that helps (me) manage which
>> branch(es) a given issue has been applied to. When 6.x tag is much
>> like "next release cut from 6.x". When doing a release 6.[next] I'd
>> grep for 6.x and bulk-add 6.[next] to all issues currently having 6.x,
>> then remove 6.x from them (so that they have a constant fix-for, no
>> branch included anymore).
>>
>> This process isn't the only one possible and I've had some discussions
>> about alternative workflows. I didn't manage to convince my
>> conversation partners and they failed to convince me, so I think it's
>> a matter of personal preference.
>>
>> The ultimate reference is the changes.txt file anyway (?).
>>
>> Dawid
>>
>> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Mike Drob <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Christine,
>>>
>>> Wow, that's fantastic. You can also pass a --grep argument to git directly.
>>>
>>> Another problem that just occurred to me though, is that we might need to
>>> make updates to CHANGES files too. I'm not sure how to automate the check
>>> for that, since the format can be pretty messy.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Christine Poerschke (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON)
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps a little more context would help get us all on the same page re:
>>>> the "to 6.x or to not 6.x" tag question.
>>>>
>>>> === "to 6.x" tag ===
>>>>
>>>> So, some of us (myself included) for SOLR issues used to tag FixVersion
>>>> 6.x since the commit was to branch_6x and (at least myself) assumed that
>>>> when branch_6_7 is cut from branch_6x then the process would somehow
>>>> magically turn 6.x tags into 6.7 tags, and any subsequently added 6.x tags
>>>> become 6.8 in future etc.
>>>>
>>>> The 6.x to 6.7 transition would be an extra part of the release process
>>>> and if/since it isn't actually a part of the process then it's
>>>> retrospectively really really tedious to resolve 6.x to the correct
>>>> 6.something tag.
>>>>
>>>> === "to not 6.x" tag ===
>>>>
>>>> An alternative is always tag to a specific (future) version i.e. to _not_
>>>> 6.x tag anything and to let the released/unreleased categorisation take 
>>>> care
>>>> of the already-released vs. scheduled-to-be-released difference.
>>>>
>>>> === where we are now ===
>>>>
>>>> There are still some tickets tagged to 6.x and people looking at the
>>>> version dropdown choices will see 6.x as an existing choice. If/When no
>>>> tickets are tagged to 6.x anymore then the 6.x choice could be removed from
>>>> the dropdown choices leaving only specific versions to choose from.
>>>>
>>>> Having said all that, turning existing 6.x tagging into specific versions
>>>> is tedious but not totally impossible, I did a few yesterday using simple
>>>> git grep lookups:
>>>>
>>>> what=LUCENE-NNNN
>>>> for version in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ; do
>>>> echo branch_6_$version
>>>> git log --decorate --oneline --graph origin/branch_6_$version | grep $what
>>>> done
>>>>
>>>> Hope that helps? What do people think?
>>>>
>>>> Christine
>>>>
>>>> From: [email protected] At: 05/25/17 14:08:37
>>>> To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
>>>> [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: Strange Solr JIRA versions (Lucene too!)
>>>>
>>>> Lucene devs, lets get on the same page about this issue.
>>>>
>>>> Dawid seems to _want_ to use 6.x
>>>>
>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-7841?focusedCommentId=16024639&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-16024639
>>>> Christine and I are the only ones to have commented about this pertaining
>>>> to LUCENE JIRA issues.  Lets have this conversation here, not on
>>>> LUCENE-7841.
>>>>
>>>> ~ David
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 1:28 AM David Smiley <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Aha; this problem is a little more than a nuisance... it seems to be why
>>>>> most of these issues are marked Resolved and not Closed as well.  The RM's
>>>>> release process is to search for JIRA issues with a fix version of the
>>>>> release version (i.e. 6.6 NOT 6.x).  Issues that do not have a real 
>>>>> version
>>>>> then fall through the cracks and remain in a "Resolved" limbo/ambiguity:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20LUCENE%20AND%20status%20in%20(Resolved)%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%206.x%20ORDER%20BY%20fixVersion%20ASC%2C%20assignee%20ASC
>>>>> And thus it's unclear to users browsing these issues in JIRA for which
>>>>> version the issue was released in.
>>>>>
>>>>> ~ David
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 11:16 AM David Smiley <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems this issue applies to Lucene too, and it's more widespread (79
>>>>>> issues):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20LUCENE%20AND%20status%20in%20(Resolved%2C%20Closed)%20AND%20fixVersion%20in%20(6.x%2C%20branch_6x)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 9:37 AM Cassandra Targett
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I noticed these the other day also, and had an email half-wrote that I
>>>>>>> intended to finish up today.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To start, JIRA unfortunately makes this really easy to make a mess of
>>>>>>> - if you can create or edit an issue, you can just pop in a new value
>>>>>>> that gets added to the list of open versions. Editing an issue is open
>>>>>>> to lots of folks - committers, contributors, the reporter of an issue.
>>>>>>> So, we have high potential for this to be an ongoing problem.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But, since only committers can commit patches and are thus the usual
>>>>>>> resolvers of an issue, committers either aren't paying enough
>>>>>>> attention to that field when they resolve an issue or there is
>>>>>>> confusion/difference of understanding about what that field is
>>>>>>> supposed to mean.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are currently 49 issues for Solr that have these "non-standard"
>>>>>>> versions [1]. Some date back before the most recent 6.5.0 release,
>>>>>>> which means there are issues fixed in 6.4 and 6.5 (at least) which
>>>>>>> don't say so in JIRA.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This could be really problematic going forward. We need to agree that
>>>>>>> when issues are resolved, the fixVersion field is reliable and means
>>>>>>> the same thing to everyone.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> IMO we should always use the *next* version that makes sense at that
>>>>>>> time. So, an issue resolved today would be "6.6" and "master (7.0)".
>>>>>>> Others may have different points of view on how we should do this, but
>>>>>>> I think traditionally it's been the way I suggest, so if there is
>>>>>>> change desired there, we should discuss it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Side note: I know there is some doubt today that 6.6 will ever exist.
>>>>>>> However, it will be a lot easier to go through JIRA to remove "6.6"
>>>>>>> from issues that aren't in 6.x than it will be to review
>>>>>>> issue-by-issue everything that says "6x" or "6.x" or "branch_6x",
>>>>>>> etc., and figure out when it was actually released.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cassandra
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1] Query for JIRA issues:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20SOLR%20AND%20status%20in%20(Resolved%2C%20Closed)%20AND%20fixVersion%20in%20(6.x%2C%206x%2C%20branch_6x)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 1:33 AM, Mark Miller <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> > Who keeps adding strange JIRA release versions? I've cleaned up
>>>>>>> > strange ones
>>>>>>> > in the past and they keep coming back.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Why do we have branch6x, 6x and 6.x and trunk?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Even if we wanted more than 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.1 and master (7.0), and I
>>>>>>> > don't
>>>>>>> > think we do, who keeps adding these duplicates? Let's come to some
>>>>>>> > sanity
>>>>>>> > here.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > - Mark
>>>>>>> > --
>>>>>>> > - Mark
>>>>>>> > about.me/markrmiller
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>>>>
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>>>
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