> > I don't like the idea of a bot doing this. Nor do I think writing release > notes at commit time works well either (too many stupid conflicts). >
What's the issue with a bot appending a few lines to a release-notes section if it sees it the commit message? But yes, release-notes conflicts are a major pain and kills the streamlined patching workflow - submit->review->merge, frequently requiring extra "->fix->review" steps right before merge. > > Most other groups using Gerrit that I know of tend to write their > release notes right before releases. Sometime shortly before > a release, they'll go through a full change of putting the release > notes together. Then if any other things are done before the > release, you just submit another commit to it. > Might not work well with so many committers and no strict central project management. It will become a big burden to go through all commits and pull out all relevant release-notes (actually doing what the bot will be doing, only in a non-automated fashion because the commit messages won't be as structured). But if someone is willing to do that... sure, why not :) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
