On 22/05/2015 12:36, Joao Eduardo Luis wrote: > On 05/22/2015 09:32 AM, Nathan Cutler wrote: >>> We can probably keep the original ticket in the "Pending Backport" >>> status until all backports are resolved, as we currently do. >>> >>>> So the question is, what will the original ticket's status be changed >>>> to? Resolved? >>> >>> When all backports are resolved, then we can also resolve the original >>> ticket. Do you forsee a problem with that ? >>> >> >> Yes and no. It's a scripting problem, not a workflow problem. I'll try >> to describe the scenario I'm envisioning: >> >> We have a simple script that loops over all tickets with status "Pending >> Backport". We run it once per week. The first week we run it, the script >> finds 3 such tickets. For each one it creates a ticket in the Backport >> tracker. >> >> A week goes by, during which developers marked 4 more tickets "Pending >> Backport". It's time to run the script again. Since it is looping over >> all tickets marked "Pending Backport", it now finds 7 such tickets: 3 >> from last week and the 4 new ones. For each one it dutifully creates a >> new ticket in the Backport tracker. Now we have duplicate Backport >> tickets for 3 bugfixes. >> >> But I guess it will be trivial to make the script check if a Backport >> ticket is already open and refrain from opening a new one in this case. > > Alternatively, adding a new state to the tracker that distinguishes > between tickets that are pending being picked up on by the stable > releases team vs those that are just pending the backport. Say, "Mark > for Backport" vs "Pending Backport". > I liked the idea, wrote a reply and then realized: that won't save the script from checking if the reality matches the status. Sometimes the "backports" field is updated to remove or add a new backport target. It may mean closing or creating the corresponding issue and for that the script will have to query the backport tracker. > -Joao > > -- Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre
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