[openstack-dev] Multiple patches in one review

Carl Baldwin carl at ecbaldwin.net
Mon Mar 24 17:44:09 UTC 2014


+1 to all Ben said.

There are reasons to split things up in to a logical progression of
changes but each change must stand alone and must pass tests.

Carl

On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Ben Nemec <openstack at nemebean.com> wrote:
> I should point out that Jenkins can't apply the next patch in sequence
> just to get tests passing.  What happens if the next patch never merges
> or has to be reverted?  Each commit needs to be able to pass tests using
> only the previous commits in the sequence.  If it relies on a subsequent
> commit then either the commits need to be reordered or, if there's a
> circular dependency, maybe those commits aren't logically separate and
> should just be squashed together.



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