Matt Riedemann wrote: > There is discussion in this thread about "wouldn't it be nice to have a > tag on commits for changes that impact upgrades?". There is. > > http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-October/016619.html > > https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/GitCommitMessages#Including_external_references > > Here is an example of a patch going through the gate now with > UpgradeImpact: > > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/62815/ The good thing about "UpgradeImpact" is that it's less subjective than "OpsImpact", and I think it catches what matters: backward-incompatible changes, upgrades needing manual intervention (or smart workarounds in packaging), etc. Additional benefit is that it's relevant for more than just the "ops" population: packagers and the release notes writers also need to track those. -- Thierry Carrez (ttx)