On Wed, 2019-09-18 at 12:08 -0700, Mark Janes wrote:
> Adding the release managers to the CC to make sure they see the thread...
>
> Dylan Baker <dy...@pnwbakers.com> writes:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Since we're migrating to gitlab issues, it seems like a good time to review
> > how
> > we track stable releases, particularly release blockers.
> >
> > I'd like to use a gitlab milestone as a replacement for the tracker issues
> > from
> > gitlab. The process would work much the same way as it does now, but with a
> > milestone.
>
> Right now, anyone can create milestones. Is there a way to limit the
> capability to release managers? Would that be desirable?
>
> I see the same issue with labels... Anyone could delete a label, and
> I'm not sure how we would recover that information.
>
> > We'll also need to replace the Bugzilla: tag with a tag that gitlab
> > recognizes
> > for closing issues. Since we already use "Fixes:" for something else, I'd
> > like
> > to propose "Closes:"
> >
> > so we'd replace:
> > Buzilla: https://...
> > with:
> > Closes: !0
>
> A more exact replacement would be:
> Gitlab: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/issues/{issue}
>
I also prefer this format. This would allow to reference other issues not in the
GitLab.
> Is there an advantage to the !{issue} format? Perhaps gitlab parses it
> and closes the issue?
>
Yes, it does when you write something like "closes #issue". But I think I prefer
to close the issue manually; several times I saw MR that should fix an issue but
they actually didn't either because it requires other MR, or because there was
another change in master that requires another change, etc.
> > If we like this, I'll follow up with a script that can fetch issues
> > information
> > from gitlab and produce release information.
> >
> > Does this sound reasonable to everyone?
> >
Sounds nice for me.
J.A.
> > Dylan
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