Hi, On October 10, 2022 8:17:15 AM UTC, Zdenek Dohnal <zdoh...@redhat.com> wrote: >Hi all, > >I maintain qpdf in Fedora, which recently got a new major release version, >which breaks compatibility with other packages, so I created a side tag for >other maintainers to use for building, and then releasing it altogether in >rawhide. > >However the side tag: > >f38-build-side-58658 > >got automatically deleted, even when it had builds connected to it already. >Documentation [1] does not mention any automatic side-tags cleanup and its >deadlines. > >Although packagers can create a new side tag easily, I found it inconvenient >for maintainers, because the synchronization among the maintainers can take >weeks to finish the rebuild and release the update and automatic removal >without notice (do excuse me if I missed a notification email about this - I >have many filters and it could end up somewhere where I wasn't able to find >it) prolongs this process. > >What I would like to propose are the following options: > >A) don't do side-tag cleanups after a specific time frame, but only when the >specific event happens - branching, GA, EOL - it can be consuming to our >resources, but maintainer are still able to remove the side tags manually in >case it contains a big set of packages and AFAIK the process itself is not >such spread in usage... > >or > >B) do a side-tags cleanup and mention it in the documentation together with >specification what the removal's time frame is, so maintainers can act >accordingly > >or > >C) (my preferred) Koji or releng (depends on whether the cleanup happened >automatically or manually) will send an email to a side tag creator with 'Hi, >your side tag is going to expire - do you need it?' Or with automaton - 'use >this command to prolong it.' And if there is no response or if the creator >approves, remove the side tag.
This sound like the preferred solution to me as well. Cheers, Dan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
