Scott Kitterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> a) Too cumbersomely >> b) The round-trip time is too high that make duplicate work more likely >> c) the use of lp restricts possible contributors >> d) The complete list of outstanding merges must be easily visible. >> >> >>For a), I image that we can craft scripts a la 'request-sync.py'. > > Yes, but the (lp: #nnnnnn) is not scriptable. It needs the mail back from > LP to get the number. Personally, my merge workflow involves testing with > exactly what I intend to upload. So even with such a script it's send the > mail, wait aroung for a reply, copy/paste in the bug number, try to remeber > what points exactly I want to look for when I test, and move on.
Technical proposal: Per policy, we allow per source package exactly one 'merge bug'. This is checked by the script. If there are 2 bugs, the script should report that and abort, or better, offer merging the bugs if possible. This way the script could be called 'claim-merge.py'. > From my perspective, such a script would help, but not eliminate the > nuisance. With my proposal, I think you wouldn't have to deal with bug numbers at all if there is really only one merge bug. >>For b), I don't really beleive that is really a problem. If someone >>notices a duplicate bug, he can surely mark it as such and coordinate >>the contributors (may them be Ubuntu Developers or not). > > The risk is admitedly small, but due to not refreshing web pages and such > is non-zero, particulalry given the lag in mail processing. Right. However, I think the risk is acceptable. And way lower than the process we have right now. May I point to Debian, where there is a similar procedure, bug using debbugs, which has a latency of 15minuts at minimun? >>For d), I think this can be solved technically by launchpad tags, and a >>scraper that presents all bugs tagged 'needs-merge' or something >>somewhere on http://people.ubuntu{,wire}.com >> > Potentially, but we already have such a list of packages on MoM/DaD. Why > don't we just use the list we have. It seems like a lot of work and > inconvenience to LPify a list we already have. Agreed, if we manage to merge MoM/DaD and provide a link to 'the' merge bug of the package. -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
