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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New Working Group established to evaluate the stable tree
From: Markus Meier <maekke () gentoo ! org>
Date: 2016-08-15 19:33:11
Message-ID: 20160815213311.00059ef0 () gentoo ! org
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On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 23:35:58 +0200
Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@gentoo.org> wrote:
> During the latest Council meeting it was determined to set up a new
> Working Group to come up with recommendations for improving the state
> of the stable tree at a later Council meeting.
>
> Some initial items it was suggested the WG look into is
> * The b.g.o workflow, bugs should not be considered fixed until the
> fix has reached the stable tree. Today the InVCS keyword exists for
> this purpose, but it is used to varying degree amongst developers.
> Will a workflow change to introduce a new status, e.g RESOLVED
> NeedsStable (name for illustration purpose only) incentivize
> developers to not close bugs before it is fixed?
>
> * Are there ways to reduce the stabilization lag of packages
> - looking into the effectiveness of ALLARCHES and its use
> - possibility for maintainer to stabilize packages themselves for
> architectures they have access to (including whether there
> might be a need for changes to gentoo infrastructure to facilitate
> this)
> - Tinderboxing / Automatic tools build test packages and reverse
> dependencies in order to assist in stabilization
>
> Other suggestions are up to the WG to come up with and write up a
> final report to the council with the summary of these discussions.
>
> I've volunteered to chair such as working group. If you want to
> participate in it please respond to this thread. Additionally I've set
> up #gentoo-wg-stable as a place of coordination.
>
Don't forget to get input from current (active?) arch teams how they
work and do their stuff. IMHO the whole bugzilla workflow etc. is just
a small piece in the whole stabilization business.
Regards,
Markus
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