Re: Streamlining the ARK config process

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On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 03:19:52PM -0400, Jeremy Cline wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 03:10:15PM -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> > On 6/8/20 2:58 PM, Jeremy Cline wrote:
> > > Hey folks,
> > > 
> > > Seeing the merge window configs rolling in along with people starting to
> > > open GitLab merge requests rather than exclusively emailing patches, I
> > > have a suggestion to make everyone's lives a bit easier, especially with
> > > the configurations:
> > > 
> > > Start making use of the "developer" role[0] in GitLab. I recommend
> > > reading over the permissions to get an idea of what's allowed, but the
> > > short of it is developers can't push to protected branches, so can't
> > > accidentally (or maliciously) change any of the important branches in
> > > the repository, but they *can* modify non-protected branches like the
> > > config branches[1], apply labels, and so on.
> > > 
> > > Rather than having a script set the configs, then someone review them,
> > 
> > 
> > ^^^ I think this first step is important.  It makes it so I don't have to look
> > at the CONFIGs myself.  Is it possible to have the script set the config, then
> > have me checkout the branch, change it myself, then push?
> > 
> 
> Yes, sorry it wasn't clear. I think the workflow should be
> 
> 1. Scripts make all the config merge requests for you.
> 2. As a reviewer, when a setting does not match your expectation do
>    something like:
>    a. git checkout -t upstream/configs/2020-06-08/drivers/usb
>    b. vim redhat/configs/...
>    c. git add -A
>    d. git commit --amend  # add a note about why it's being changed
>    e. git push -f
> 3. Ack the merge request.

Interesting approach.  I don't mind asking developers to help reduce the
burden on a maintainer. :-)  We would have to update the scripts to add
those instructions to the commit message.

Justin is on vacation next week, I will wait until he comes back to discuss
this with him.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Don

> 
> - Jeremy
> 
> > 
> > > ask the maintainer to change it, then review it again, then have the
> > > maintainer merge it, you can just check out the config branch for the
> > > merge request, change it yourself, push it, and mark it ready (or get
> > > more reviews) for merging. This cuts down on a lot of back and forth so
> > > it'll save everyone time.
> > > 
> > > [0] https://gitlab.com/help/user/permissions
> > > [1] https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/branches/all?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=configs%2F
> > > 
> > > - Jeremy
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