Re: Streamlining the ARK config process

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On 6/9/20 9:29 AM, Don Zickus wrote:
> 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!
> 

I like the idea.  I think it's more in-line with what we're supposed to be doing
with a git forge.

P.

> 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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