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On 2015-06-02 21:59:34 +0000 (+0000), Ian Cordasco wrote:
> I like this very much. I recall there was a session at the summit
> about this that Thierry and Kyle led. If I recall correctly, the
> discussion mentioned that it wasn't (at this point in time)
> possible to use gerrit the way you describe it, but perhaps people
> were mistaken?
[...]

It wasn't an option at the time. What's being conjectured now is
that with custom Prolog rules it might be possible to base Gerrit
label permissions on strict file subsets within repos. It's
nontrivial, as of yet I've seen no working demonstration, and we'd
still need the Infrastructure Team to feel comfortable supporting it
even if it does turn out to be technically possible. But even before
going down the path of automating/enforcing it anywhere in our
toolchain, projects interested in this workflow need to try to
mentally follow the proposed model and see if it makes social sense
for them.

It's also still not immediately apparent to me that this additional
complication brings any substantial convenience over having distinct
Git repositories under the control of separate but allied teams. For
example, the Infrastructure Project is now past 120 repos with more
than 70 core reviewers among those. In a hypothetical reality where
those were separate directory trees within a single repository, I'm
not coming up with any significant ways it would improve our current
workflow. That said, I understand other projects may have different
needs and challenges with their codebase we just don't face.
-- 
Jeremy Stanley