On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Ihar Hrachyshka <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I’d like to introduce a new initiative around stable branches for neutron > official projects (neutron, neutron-*aas, python-neutronclient) that is > intended to straighten our backporting process and make us more proactive > in fixing bugs in stable branches. ‘Proactive' meaning: don’t wait until a > known bug hits a user that consumes stable branches, but backport fixes in > advance quickly after they hit master. > > The idea is simple: every Fri I walk thru the new commits merged into > master since last check; produce lists of bugs that are mentioned in > Related-Bug/Closes-Bug; paste them into: > > https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/stable-bug-candidates-from-master > > Then I click thru the bug report links to determine whether it’s worth a > backport and briefly classify them. If I have cycles, I also request > backports where it’s easy (== a mere 'Cherry-Pick to' button click). > > After that, those interested in maintaining neutron stable branches can > take those bugs one by one and handle them, which means: checking where it > really applies for backport; creating backport reviews (solving conflicts, > making tests pass). After it’s up for review for all branches affected and > applicable, the bug is removed from the list. > > I started on that path two weeks ago, doing initial swipe thru all commits > starting from stable/liberty spin off. If enough participants join the > process, we may think of going back into git history to backport > interesting fixes from stable/liberty into stable/kilo. > > Don’t hesitate to ask about details of the process, and happy backporting, > > Wow, this is a great idea Ihar! Thanks for taking this on! Count me in on helping with this effort as well. Thanks, Kyle > Ihar > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > >
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