On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 12:20 PM, Martin Perina <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> recently [1], [2] were raised, but the main reason for those bugs was the
> we are no paying enough attention to consequences when doing backports.
> Below are two examples which we need to pay more attention to:
>
> 1. Database upgrade scripts naming and numbering
>     - there's no problem if the same script has different name or number
> between y-streams (for example 4.3 and 4.2), but names and number need to
> match between z-streams
>     - if we are going to do async release (for example 4.2.3.z) and we
> need to backport to async branch patch which includes db upgrade script, we
> need to make sure to align db scripts in branch from which next z-stream
> will be built (for example 4.2, patch [3] can be used as an example how to
> fix this issue)
>
> 2. Use the same name of database upgrade script when doing backports
>   - when backporting some patches to z-stream branch please use the same
> db script name and change only db script number as needed, otherwise
> backports are quite confusing (for example [4] and [5])
>
>
> Patch [3] fixes the situation, so when included into 4.2.4 build it should
> allow smooth upgrade from 4.2.3.z to 4.2.4, but users which already
> performed upgrade are in trouble. @Eli is there any way how we can force
> execution of db scripts, which were skipped due to the mess in names
> between 4.2.3.z and 4.2.4 to help users which have already broken database?
>

​unfortunately, those should be run manually or merge all to one re-entrant
script and add it as an additional upgrade script.
​

>
>
> @Tal/@Piotr, could you please pay even more attention when merging patches
> containing db scripts to z-stream async branches (normal branch, for
> example ovirt-engine-4.2, should be fine, but ovirt-engine-4.2.3.z requires
> more attention)? I agree that developer who backports the patch should
> handle the situation (feel free to ask infra team if unsure about
> consequences), but you are the last safety check we have.
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Martin
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1583562
> [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1583664
> [3] https://gerrit.ovirt.org/91874
> [4] https://gerrit.ovirt.org/90695
> [5] https://gerrit.ovirt.org/90698
>
>
> --
> Martin Perina
> Associate Manager, Software Engineering
> Red Hat Czech s.r.o.
>
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