<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Ihar Hrachyshka <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ihrachys@redhat.com" target="_blank">ihrachys@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
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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.<br>
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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:<br>
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<a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/stable-bug-candidates-from-master" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/stable-bug-candidates-from-master</a><br>
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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).<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Don’t hesitate to ask about details of the process, and happy backporting,<br>
<br></blockquote><div>Wow, this is a great idea Ihar! Thanks for taking this on! Count me in on helping with this effort as well.<br><br></div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div>Kyle<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Ihar<br>
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