Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

[Baptiste Mille-Mathias <baptiste millemathias gmail com>]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:44:32PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
>> I think that, at the very least for GNOME 3.4 onwards, we should switch
>> to using a keyword in bugzilla, and the release-team, docs team and i18n
>> teams can monitor newly request breaks, through RSS feeds (the design
>> team does that), and get the keywords cleared when the freeze break has
>> a result.
>
> The Bugzilla way of doing this is to use flags. A flag is either defined
> for attachments _or_ (not and) bugs. This is possible on our currently
> bugzilla; we just do not use them.
>
> For flags you could have e.g.
> code_freeze_break flag
> string_freeze_break flag
> ui_freeze_break flag
> or perhaps just freeze_break (bit easier IMO)
>
> Flags can have 3 things:
>  ?   request it to be set
>  -   request denied
>  +   request approved
>
> Then there are settings to control:
> * who can request
> * who can approve/deny
> * who should be cc'ed on the request (release-team, etc)
>
> Drawbacks:
> * IMO UI is complicated and Bugzilla is slower than just email
> * I think only the request gets CC'ed to release-team. None of the
>  following comments will be (AFAIK.. could be wrong)
>  that would be pretty annoying
> * it is either + or -.. nothing about needing two approvals. Can be
>  solved by using comments though (1st person says +1 in a comment;
>  second sets the '+' on the flag).
>
> Flags have a lot of options, so above is my idea about how it should be
> used. Some of the stuff is IMO just confusing.

As Bastien reported it is also hard to know we're currently on string
freeze period; would be possible to have some banner information
displayed in bugzilla for official modules during freeze stating the
current restriction ?

Regards

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