Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Ben Cooksley
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 7:56 PM Konstantin Kharlamov wrote: > > > > On Чт, Mar 28, 2019 at 19:40, Ben Cooksley wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > We currently have a rather substantial issue, in that the CI system > > has been once again left in a position where it isn't possible to make > > any changes

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Kevin Ottens
Hello, On Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:16:11 CET Ben Cooksley wrote: > Please note that the commits in this instance were pushed without > review, so restrictions on merge requests wouldn't make a difference > in this case unfortunately. Maybe it's about time to make reviews mandatory... I know it'

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Luca Beltrame
In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 09:29:22 CET, Kevin Ottens ha scritto: > at your screen or pair with you" in the past. Clearly this compromise gets > somewhat exploited and that's especially bad in the case of a fragile and > central component like KDE PIM. I'm not sure I agree. I can't speak for s

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Kevin Ottens
Hello, On Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:41:29 CET Luca Beltrame wrote: > In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 09:29:22 CET, Kevin Ottens ha scritto: > > at your screen or pair with you" in the past. Clearly this compromise gets > > somewhat exploited and that's especially bad in the case of a fragile and >

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Tomaz Canabrava
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:09 AM Luca Beltrame wrote: > > In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 09:50:47 CET, Kevin Ottens ha scritto: > > I'd argue we're loosing more with the current state of PIM than we'd loose > > with mandatory reviews. > > Perhaps, instead of an all-or-nothing approach, why not a mi

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Kevin Ottens
Hello, On Thursday, 28 March 2019 10:08:54 CET Luca Beltrame wrote: > In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 09:50:47 CET, Kevin Ottens ha scritto: > > I'd argue we're loosing more with the current state of PIM than we'd loose > > with mandatory reviews. > > Perhaps, instead of an all-or-nothing approach,

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Kevin Ottens
Hello, On Thursday, 28 March 2019 10:35:37 CET Luca Beltrame wrote: > In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 10:32:39 CET, Kevin Ottens ha scritto: > > OK, to be fair not 100% today's situation because of the above. It was > > based on best judgment maybe we're missing such a set of guidelines. I > > admit

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Volker Krause
On Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:50:47 CET Kevin Ottens wrote: > Hello, > > On Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:41:29 CET Luca Beltrame wrote: > > In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 09:29:22 CET, Kevin Ottens ha scritto: > > > at your screen or pair with you" in the past. Clearly this compromise > > > gets > >

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Daniel Vrátil
On Thursday, March 28, 2019 9:50:47 AM CET Kevin Ottens wrote: > Hello, > > On Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:41:29 CET Luca Beltrame wrote: > > In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 09:29:22 CET, Kevin Ottens ha scritto: > > > at your screen or pair with you" in the past. Clearly this compromise > > > gets >

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Friedrich W. H. Kossebau
Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 09:29:22 CET schrieb Kevin Ottens: > Hello, > > On Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:16:11 CET Ben Cooksley wrote: > > Please note that the commits in this instance were pushed without > > review, so restrictions on merge requests wouldn't make a difference > > in this case

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Kevin Ottens
Hello, On Thursday, 28 March 2019 11:27:44 CET Daniel Vrátil wrote: > I'm completely fine with mandatory code review for everything and I'd be > happy to have this in PIM. I think the biggest problem in PIM to overcome > will be finding the reviewers - I dare say I'm currently the only one who > h

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread laurent Montel
Le jeudi 28 mars 2019, 09:29:22 CET Kevin Ottens a écrit : > Hello, > > On Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:16:11 CET Ben Cooksley wrote: > > Please note that the commits in this instance were pushed without > > review, so restrictions on merge requests wouldn't make a difference > > in this case unfort

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Nate Graham
With regards to the discussion about mandatory code review, I think it's important to avoid immediately rushing to create new policy as a result of a particular event or abuse. It's always tempting to try to put in place a rule that would have avoided the problem if it had existed and was being

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Kevin Ottens
Hello, On Thursday, 28 March 2019 14:33:59 CET laurent Montel wrote: > I am against to force mandatory review, as it will create a lot of lose of > time, As I said, unpopular. > and we will not be sure that review is correct (see comment from > Volker about "transaction lock regression") This a

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Friedrich W. H. Kossebau
Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 11:27:44 CET schrieb Daniel Vrátil: > I'm completely fine with mandatory code review for everything and I'd be > happy to have this in PIM. I think the biggest problem in PIM to overcome > will be finding the reviewers - I dare say I'm currently the only one who > has

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread David Jarvie
On 28 March 2019 13:33:59 GMT, laurent Montel wrote: > Le jeudi 28 mars 2019, 09:29:22 CET Kevin Ottens a écrit : > > Hello, > > > > On Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:16:11 CET Ben Cooksley wrote: > > > Please note that the commits in this instance were pushed without > > > review, so restrictions

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Friedrich W. H. Kossebau
Hi Laurent, Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 14:33:59 CET schrieb laurent Montel: > For example I works all days on kde (pim or other) when I wake up, or at > noon after my lunch or the evening, I will not wait several days for a > review because nobody has time to do it. > > (For example I make ~ 1

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Kevin Ottens
Hello, On Thursday, 28 March 2019 16:11:12 CET Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 14:33:59 CET schrieb laurent Montel: > > For example I works all days on kde (pim or other) when I wake up, or at > > noon after my lunch or the evening, I will not wait several days for

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Daniel Vrátil
On Thursday, March 28, 2019 3:39:54 PM CET Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 11:27:44 CET schrieb Daniel Vrátil: > > I'm completely fine with mandatory code review for everything and I'd be > > happy to have this in PIM. I think the biggest problem in PIM to overcome >

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread laurent Montel
Le jeudi 28 mars 2019, 16:11:12 CET Friedrich W. H. Kossebau a écrit : > Hi Laurent, > > Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 14:33:59 CET schrieb laurent Montel: > > For example I works all days on kde (pim or other) when I wake up, or at > > noon after my lunch or the evening, I will not wait several d

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Volker Krause
On Thursday, 28 March 2019 16:32:34 CET Luca Beltrame wrote: > In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 15:15:23 CET, Nate Graham ha scritto: > > In this case, it seems like the problem is that there are certain > > individuals or teams that are pushing risky, breaking changes without code > > review, and the

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Harald Sitter
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 3:57 PM David Jarvie wrote: > I agree. Mandatory reviews might work if there is a team of active people > working on a project, but if there is only one person with real knowledge of > the code We do have common ownership of code, so if there is only one person with real

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Volker Krause
On Thursday, 28 March 2019 16:11:12 CET Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 14:33:59 CET schrieb laurent Montel: > > For example I works all days on kde (pim or other) when I wake up, or at > > noon after my lunch or the evening, I will not wait several days for a > > re

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Friedrich W. H. Kossebau
Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 16:04:01 CET schrieb Boudhayan Gupta: > I don't care if you lose time. I don't want the guys building my house to > cut corners mixing my concrete because it's going to save time. There is a difference here though, no? The people building your house will not live in

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Friedrich W. H. Kossebau
Thanks for reply. More below: Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 16:56:33 CET schrieb laurent Montel: > Le jeudi 28 mars 2019, 16:11:12 CET Friedrich W. H. Kossebau a écrit : > > Hi Laurent, > > > > Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 14:33:59 CET schrieb laurent Montel: > > > For example I works all days o

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Luca Beltrame
In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 09:50:47 CET, Kevin Ottens ha scritto: > I'd argue we're loosing more with the current state of PIM than we'd loose > with mandatory reviews. Perhaps, instead of an all-or-nothing approach, why not a minimal set of "requirements" that would require a review? Yes, it

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Luca Beltrame
In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 10:32:39 CET, Kevin Ottens ha scritto: > OK, to be fair not 100% today's situation because of the above. It was based > on best judgment maybe we're missing such a set of guidelines. I admit I'm > slightly doubtful though. I can't claim it may work 100%, but I've see

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
Hi, (Sorry for top-posting) I fear that a mandatory reviews would add too juch strain on smaller teams. If there's just one person with an intimate knowledge of the code-base, plus two co-developers, then who should do the reviews? How about a distinction based on importance of a project inste

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Luca Beltrame
In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 16:04:01 CET, Boudhayan Gupta ha scritto: > I don't get why mandatory code reviews are so unpopular. It's not "unpopular". As far as the discussion goes, the opinions (from several parties) say that they're not a silver bullet, and that some projects benefit from t

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Michael Reeves
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 6:36 AM Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 09:29:22 CET schrieb Kevin Ottens: > > Hello, > > > > On Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:16:11 CET Ben Cooksley wrote: > > > Please note that the commits in this instance were pushed without > > > review, so

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Luca Beltrame
In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 15:15:23 CET, Nate Graham ha scritto: > In this case, it seems like the problem is that there are certain > individuals or teams that are pushing risky, breaking changes without code > review, and then ignoring failures in the CI. I think we might do well to > try to

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Luca Beltrame
In data giovedì 28 marzo 2019 10:17:18 CET, Tomaz Canabrava ha scritto: > The problem is that a git comit is a git commit, there's no way that a > typo will be treated differently then another commit. It's a "social" problem and not a technical one: you can see it across repositories managed by

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Boudhayan Gupta
Hi, On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 15:21, Kevin Ottens wrote: > Hello, > > On Thursday, 28 March 2019 14:33:59 CET laurent Montel wrote: > > I am against to force mandatory review, as it will create a lot of lose > of > > time, > > As I said, unpopular. > I don't get why mandatory code reviews are so u

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Dominik Haumann
Kevin Ottens schrieb am Do., 28. März 2019, 09:29: > Hello, > > On Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:16:11 CET Ben Cooksley wrote: > > Please note that the commits in this instance were pushed without > > review, so restrictions on merge requests wouldn't make a difference > > in this case unfortunately

Re: KDE Developer Documentation Support update

2019-03-28 Thread Olivier Churlaud
Hi Juan Carlos, Le mercredi 27 mars 2019, 14:03:54 CET Juan Carlos Torres a écrit : > Greetings KDE Community! > > I'm Juan Carlos Torres (Jucato on IRC) and I've recently been hired as a > contractor to get the ball rolling on updating our developer documentation. > Over the years, our community

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Alexander Neundorf
Hi, On 2019 M03 28, Thu 16:04:01 CET Boudhayan Gupta wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 15:21, Kevin Ottens wrote: > > Hello, > > > > On Thursday, 28 March 2019 14:33:59 CET laurent Montel wrote: > > > I am against to force mandatory review, as it will create a lot of lose > > > > of > >

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread Dr.-Ing. Christoph Cullmann
Hi, > Hi, > > On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 15:21, Kevin Ottens wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> On Thursday, 28 March 2019 14:33:59 CET laurent Montel wrote: >> > I am against to force mandatory review, as it will create a lot of lose >> of >> > time, >> >> As I said, unpopular. >> > > I don't get why manda

Re: KDE Developer Documentation Support update

2019-03-28 Thread Juan Carlos Torres
On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 3:11 AM Olivier Churlaud wrote: > I started porting some tutorials to the repos where they belongs as > examples (for instance KWallet (https://phabricator.kde.org/D14955) and > KMessageBox (https://phabricator.kde.org/D14957). That's awesome! Thanks for getting this st

Re: CI system maintainability

2019-03-28 Thread laurent Montel
Le jeudi 28 mars 2019, 18:27:42 CET Friedrich W. H. Kossebau a écrit : > Thanks for reply. More below: > > Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 16:56:33 CET schrieb laurent Montel: > > Le jeudi 28 mars 2019, 16:11:12 CET Friedrich W. H. Kossebau a écrit : > > > Hi Laurent, > > > > > > Am Donnerstag, 28.