i guess sheriffs list (sheriffs @ m.o ) and newsgroup dev.platform, fx -dev but i'm also open for suggetions from others :)
- tomcat On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Kartikaya Gupta <kgu...@mozilla.com> wrote: > This sounds good to me. What mailing lists should the intent email be > sent to? It might help to have a template somewhere as well. > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 4:58 AM, Carsten Book <cb...@mozilla.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > we had the case that a new testsuite was enabled and one test of that > suite > > resulted in a new perma orange failure. Its a tier-2 testsuite but of > > course also tier 2 cause additional work for sheriffs. > > > > The Problem on new Testsuite is that Sheriffs are in a lot of cases not > > informed about that new testsuite (so we need to find out who to contact > > etc) and also it affects Developers because they might be confused why > > their try run is showing a orange result they don't even know of (and > waste > > time in finding out if that test is red/orange because of their change). > > > > So i propose: > > > > People should email with an intent to implement when adding a new > > platform/suite, and that email should contain links to docs/wiki/... and > > the persons (in a super optimal case more than one just for timezone > > coverage if sheriffs have question) we can contact in case of questions. > > > > this would benefit in : > > > > 1) sheriffs will know who to speak to if it's failing or needs to be > hidden > > - so we can assign bugs or even ping people directly on irc > > 2) developers know what this new test is when they break it on their try > > push and so save time and resources if the failure is known and sheriffs > or > > others can point to a bug/newsgroup mail > > 3) discussions can be had about any overlap the new tests have with other > > suites or say deciding what platforms it should run on etc > > > > I guess this would help Sheriffs and Developers. I initially was thinking > > about about a changelog on treeherder for such changes but that have the > > disadvantage that this would not include all the information we need to > > contact someone etc > > > > I hope that this proposal make sense. > > > > Cheers, > > - Tomcat > > _______________________________________________ > > dev-platform mailing list > > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
