DCO is a strawman argument. We're always going to have issues with submission quality.
I've had very good luck asking for changelog entries on the node_exporter. On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 8:22 AM Brian Brazil < [email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 at 07:10, Frederic Branczyk <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I recall Simon having a tool that would largely generate the changelog >> automatically, that worked pretty well last time I was release shepherd. >> Otherwise I'm also happy to discuss a process like in Kubernetes where the >> changelog item is written into the PR. On Thanos we have in the PR template >> that people have ensured that the changelog item was added respective to >> the change. Seems like there are options, >> > > > >> I personally would favor something that would be done at contribution >> time, so not all the responsibility falls on the release shepherd as it >> does today, and more generally it seems like the person contributing the >> change probably is also a good candidate to describe it in the changelog. >> > > This is additional friction to contributions, we already have enough fun > getting the DCO signed. It's also an additional burden on every single PR, > we need to individually figure out if it's worth mentioned in the changelog > (many PRs aren't) and then get it in the right category, with good wording, > and handling the regular conflicts as everyone would be touching the same > lines in the same file. > > Even with all that the release shepard would still need to go through all > the commits and double check that nothing was missed, plus fixing poor > wording. I don't think saving 2-3 minutes off a release is worth all these > downsides. > > Brian > > >> >> On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 at 08:05, Callum Styan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'd like to start a discussion around changing how we manage the >>> prometheus/prometheus changelog, specifically the fact that the changelog >>> is generated manually by the release shepherd as part of the release >>> process. >>> >>> We can discuss options for what the new process would look like, such as >>> requiring PR's to include changelog entries before merging or the next >>> release shepherd periodically updating the changelog prior to the release, >>> in more detail later. However I'd first like to get a sense of whether >>> anyone else feels strongly about either changing or not changing this part >>> of the release process. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Callum. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Prometheus Developers" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CAN2d5OTjOrCfpRF_NXGcQB5nOz%3DVPgnz3LdEk15ucV4PFz%2B4BQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CAN2d5OTjOrCfpRF_NXGcQB5nOz%3DVPgnz3LdEk15ucV4PFz%2B4BQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Prometheus Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CAOs1UmyOfHbC75bdk55frFQt-KYgD6cg7vh%2BCPSmVmMnSV3sng%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CAOs1UmyOfHbC75bdk55frFQt-KYgD6cg7vh%2BCPSmVmMnSV3sng%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Brian Brazil > www.robustperception.io > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prometheus Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CAHJKeLrFL_kN28EiagWYFbKMr5XWC%2Bk7h8n9D8VijvmOnX_5Tw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CAHJKeLrFL_kN28EiagWYFbKMr5XWC%2Bk7h8n9D8VijvmOnX_5Tw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CABbyFmoOTL3BvNguLk%3D%3DpNJi52zP458DugtpOTz0HAdQanyXgQ%40mail.gmail.com.
