<div dir="ltr">Anita,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>By "guys" I refer to whole infra team including women...</div><div>P.S. I thought that "guys" is gender-neutral....</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Boris Pavlovic </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 1:34 AM, Anita Kuno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anteaya@anteaya.info" target="_blank">anteaya@anteaya.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 02/10/2015 05:26 PM, Boris Pavlovic wrote:<br>
> James,<br>
><br>
> Awesome! Amazing! You guys rock!=)<br>
</span>Hopefully the women do too.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Anita.<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">><br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Boris Pavlovic<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 1:26 AM, James E. Blair <<a href="mailto:corvus@inaugust.com">corvus@inaugust.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hi,<br>
>><br>
>> We have added support for cross-repo dependencies (CRD) in Zuul. The<br>
>> important bits:<br>
>><br>
>> * To use them, include "Depends-On: <gerrit-change-id>" in the footer of<br>
>> your commit message. Use the full Change-ID ('I' + 40 characters).<br>
>><br>
>> * These are one-way dependencies only -- do not create a cycle.<br>
>><br>
>> * This is what all the grey dots and lines are in the check pipeline.<br>
>><br>
>> Cross-Repo Dependencies Explained<br>
>> =================================<br>
>><br>
>> There are two behaviors that might go by the name "cross-repo<br>
>> dependencies". We call them one-way and multi-way.<br>
>><br>
>> Multi-way CRD allow for bidirectional links between changes. For<br>
>> instance, A depends on B and B depends on A. The theory there is that<br>
>> both would be tested together and merged as a unit. This is _not_ what<br>
>> we have implemented in Zuul. Discussions over the past two years have<br>
>> revealed that this type of behavior could cause problems for continuous<br>
>> deploments as it means that two components must be upgraded<br>
>> simultaneously. Not supporting this behavior is a choice we have made.<br>
>><br>
>> One-way CRD behaves like a directed acyclic graph (DAG), like git<br>
>> itself, to indicate a one-way dependency relationship between changes in<br>
>> different git repos. Change A may depend on B, but B may not depend on<br>
>> A. This is what we have implemented in Zuul.<br>
>><br>
>> Gate Pipeline<br>
>> =============<br>
>><br>
>> When Zuul sees CRD changes, it serializes them in the usual manner when<br>
>> enqueuing them into a pipeline. This means that if change A depends on<br>
>> B, then when they are added to the gate pipeline, B will appear first<br>
>> and A will follow. If tests for B fail, both B and A will be removed<br>
>> from the pipeline, and it will not be possible for A to merge until B<br>
>> does.<br>
>><br>
>> Note that if changes with CRD do not share a change queue (such as the<br>
>> "integrated gate" then Zuul is unable to enqueue them together, and the<br>
>> first will be required to merge before the second is enqueued.<br>
>><br>
>> Check Pipeline<br>
>> ==============<br>
>><br>
>> When changes are enqueued into the check pipeline, all of the related<br>
>> dependencies (both normal git-dependencies that come from parent commits<br>
>> as well as CRD changes) appear in a dependency graph, as in gate. This<br>
>> means that even in the check pipeline, your change will be tested with<br>
>> its dependency. So changes that were previously unable to be fully<br>
>> tested until a related change landed in a different repo may now be<br>
>> tested together from the start.<br>
>><br>
>> All of the changes are still independent (so you will note that the<br>
>> whole pipeline does not share a graph as in gate), but for each change<br>
>> tested, all of its dependencies are visually connected to it, and they<br>
>> are used to construct the git references that Zuul uses when testing.<br>
>> When looking at this graph on the status page, you will note that the<br>
>> dependencies show up as grey dots, while the actual change tested shows<br>
>> up as red or green. This is to indicate that the grey changes are only<br>
>> there to establish dependencies. Even if one of the dependencies is<br>
>> also being tested, it will show up as a grey dot when used as a<br>
>> dependency, but separately and additionally will appear as its own red<br>
>> or green dot for its test.<br>
>><br>
>> (If you don't see grey dots on the status page, reload the page to get<br>
>> the latest version.)<br>
>><br>
>> Multiple Changes<br>
>> ================<br>
>><br>
>> A Gerrit change ID may refer to multiple changes (on multiple branches<br>
>> of the same project, or even multiple projects). In these cases, Zuul<br>
>> will treat all of the changes with that change ID as dependencies. So<br>
>> if you say that a tempest change Depends-On a change ID that has changes<br>
>> in nova master and nova stable/juno, then when testing the tempest<br>
>> change, both nova changes will be applied, and when deciding whether the<br>
>> tempest change can merge, both changes must merge ahead of it.<br>
>><br>
>> A change may depend on more than one Gerrit change ID as well. So it is<br>
>> possible for a change in tempest to depend on a change in devstack and a<br>
>> change in nova. Simply add more "Depends-On:" lines to the footer.<br>
>><br>
>> Cycles<br>
>> ======<br>
>><br>
>> If a cycle is created by use of CRD, Zuul will abort its work very<br>
>> early. There will be no message in Gerrit and no changes that are part<br>
>> of the cycle will be enqueued into any pipeline. This is to protect<br>
>> Zuul from infinite loops. I hope that we can improve this to at least<br>
>> leave a message in Gerrit in the future. But in the meantime, please be<br>
>> cognizant of this and do not create dependency cycles with Depends-On<br>
>> lines.<br>
>><br>
>> Examples<br>
>> ========<br>
>><br>
>> The following two infra changes have been tested together because of the<br>
>> Depends-On: line in the commit message of the first:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="https://review.openstack.org/#/c/152508/" target="_blank">https://review.openstack.org/#/c/152508/</a><br>
>> <a href="https://review.openstack.org/#/c/152504/" target="_blank">https://review.openstack.org/#/c/152504/</a><br>
>><br>
>> In fact, you can see earlier test results failing until it was rechecked<br>
>> after CRD went into production (around 2015-02-10 15:20 UTC).<br>
>><br>
>> This devstack change depended on a grenade change:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="https://review.openstack.org/#/c/154575/" target="_blank">https://review.openstack.org/#/c/154575/</a><br>
>> <a href="https://review.openstack.org/#/c/153702/" target="_blank">https://review.openstack.org/#/c/153702/</a><br>
>><br>
>> And with CRD, was able to be tested in check together as well as being<br>
>> enqueued into the gate at the same time as its dependency.<br>
>><br>
>> Note that in this example, the Gerrit change ID that 154575 depends on<br>
>> is actually associated with two changes on two separate branches. In<br>
>> cases such as this, Zuul treats all instances as dependencies (so both<br>
>> changes would be tested together, and both must merge before 154575<br>
>> may).<br>
>><br>
>> Further Questions<br>
>> =================<br>
>><br>
>> This is a fairly substantial new feature, and we may still have a bit to<br>
>> learn about it.<br>
>><br>
>> If you have any further questions, feel free to ask here or in the<br>
>> #openstack-infra channel on Freenode.<br>
>><br>
>> We will update the infra manual soon to reflect this change.<br>
>><br>
>> -Jim<br>
>><br>
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