From: Markus Meier <maekke@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New Working Group established to evaluate the stable tree
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:33:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160815213311.00059ef0@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6046d13b-1a54-aa5e-ab16-df448b0f8c59@gentoo.org>
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On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 23:35:58 +0200
Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@gentoo.org> wrote:
> During the latest Council meeting it was determined to set up a new
> Working Group to come up with recommendations for improving the state
> of the stable tree at a later Council meeting.
>
> Some initial items it was suggested the WG look into is
> * The b.g.o workflow, bugs should not be considered fixed until the
> fix has reached the stable tree. Today the InVCS keyword exists for
> this purpose, but it is used to varying degree amongst developers.
> Will a workflow change to introduce a new status, e.g RESOLVED
> NeedsStable (name for illustration purpose only) incentivize
> developers to not close bugs before it is fixed?
>
> * Are there ways to reduce the stabilization lag of packages
> - looking into the effectiveness of ALLARCHES and its use
> - possibility for maintainer to stabilize packages themselves for
> architectures they have access to (including whether there
> might be a need for changes to gentoo infrastructure to facilitate
> this)
> - Tinderboxing / Automatic tools build test packages and reverse
> dependencies in order to assist in stabilization
>
> Other suggestions are up to the WG to come up with and write up a
> final report to the council with the summary of these discussions.
>
> I've volunteered to chair such as working group. If you want to
> participate in it please respond to this thread. Additionally I've set
> up #gentoo-wg-stable as a place of coordination.
>
Don't forget to get input from current (active?) arch teams how they
work and do their stuff. IMHO the whole bugzilla workflow etc. is just
a small piece in the whole stabilization business.
Regards,
Markus
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Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-14 21:35 [gentoo-dev] New Working Group established to evaluate the stable tree Kristian Fiskerstrand
2016-08-14 21:45 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2016-08-14 21:49 ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2016-08-14 21:49 ` Kent Fredric
2016-08-14 21:52 ` M. J. Everitt
2016-08-14 22:06 ` Chris Reffett
2016-08-14 21:50 ` Anthony G. Basile
2016-08-14 21:57 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2016-08-14 22:01 ` Kent Fredric
2016-08-15 19:18 ` Andreas K. Hüttel
2016-08-15 19:19 ` Michael Orlitzky
2016-08-15 3:45 ` Jason Zaman
2016-08-15 3:53 ` Kent Fredric
2016-08-15 4:05 ` Jason Zaman
2016-08-15 7:55 ` Brian Dolbec
2016-08-15 8:50 ` Kent Fredric
2016-08-15 10:21 ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2016-08-18 6:33 ` Daniel Campbell
2016-08-15 13:40 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-15 15:48 ` Brian Dolbec
2016-08-15 4:29 ` #wg-stable: Reservations about a "STABLE" & "NeedsStable" bugzilla keywords (re: [gentoo-dev] New Working Group established to evaluate the stable tree) Kent Fredric
2016-08-15 4:37 ` Kent Fredric
2016-08-15 12:22 ` james
2016-08-15 12:49 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2016-08-15 13:03 ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2016-08-15 13:15 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2016-08-15 13:25 ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2016-08-15 14:28 ` james
2016-08-15 18:24 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2016-08-15 19:30 ` Andreas K. Hüttel
2016-08-15 19:42 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-21 0:30 ` Daniel Campbell
2016-10-04 17:25 ` Ian Stakenvicius
2016-10-07 2:40 ` Daniel Campbell
2016-08-15 23:00 ` Kent Fredric
2016-08-15 22:50 ` Kent Fredric
2016-08-15 8:00 ` [gentoo-dev] New Working Group established to evaluate the stable tree Pacho Ramos
2016-08-15 8:15 ` Pacho Ramos
2016-08-15 14:19 ` William Hubbs
2016-08-15 14:49 ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2016-08-15 14:50 ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2016-08-15 16:12 ` William Hubbs
2016-08-15 17:31 ` William Hubbs
2016-08-15 18:33 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-15 19:12 ` William Hubbs
2016-08-15 19:27 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-15 20:01 ` William Hubbs
2016-08-15 20:05 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-16 8:02 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2016-08-16 13:52 ` William Hubbs
2016-08-17 8:52 ` [gentoo-dev] " Pacho Ramos
2016-08-17 8:50 ` Pacho Ramos
2016-08-17 13:07 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-17 14:25 ` Pacho Ramos
2016-08-18 7:32 ` Raymond Jennings
2016-08-15 11:36 ` Kristian Fiskerstrand
2016-08-15 12:24 ` Michael Orlitzky
2016-08-15 13:37 ` Rich Freeman
2016-08-15 23:19 ` Kent Fredric
2016-08-15 19:33 ` Markus Meier [this message]
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