On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Bryan Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> * Cutting the branch should be automatic. Jenkins could do this easily > and make the timing predictable for all parties. > > Yeah this is true. Especially since we got rid of wmf-specific hacks in the branch :) > * It seems like the php-1.XwmfY checkouts on tin could be either > shallow or single branch checkouts. I think Chad started playing with > having multiple working copies that share the same repository which > might be even nicer. > > Yeah. I'll start poking this again once I'm back Monday. > * Speaking of Chad's prototype work, /a/common/php-git makes > `updateWikiversions` throw a warning: "updateBitsBranchPointers: link > target /usr/local/apache/common-local/php-git/skins does not exist." > > Well it shouldn't exist since it's a bare repo ;-) Script needs adjusting. > * I tried to make a script to automate copying security patches from > one branch checkout to the next. It worked sort of. `git apply` wasn't > smart enough to figure out that the patches I pulled off of the wmf15 > checkout were already applied in the wmf16 branch. It would be nice to > figure this out and get it automated or find a better way in general > to manage security patches. > > Yes. This a thousand times. Let's brainstorm next week :) > * My ssh-agent (OS X 10.8.5) croaked badly when trying to run > sync-wikiversions. This seems to be triggered by the full fanout (not > batched) dsh call. Aaron had to step in and run both sync-wikiversions > for me. > > I've been complaining about this for months. It's one of the reasons I'm pretty convinced Tampa is often horribly out of sync because I imagined I wasn't alone in getting such errors. > Things actually went pretty smoothly though. Thanks a lot to Chad and > Sam for helping me make a checklist and Aaron for being around to lend > a hand when I fell and couldn't get up. > > You're very welcome. Hopefully we can tidy up some of the pain points you mentioned. -Chad
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