[llvm-dev] Adding new fields to bugzilla

[Tom Stellard via llvm-dev]

On 07/26/2017 11:24 AM, Hans Wennborg wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Tom Stellard <tstellar at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On 07/26/2017 12:52 PM, Hans Wennborg wrote:
>>> I'm a little vary of adding more fields, because I think we already
>>> have lots of fields that are never used.
>>>
>>
>> I'm up for removing unused fields too.  Which ones did you have in mind?
> 
> I think URL, Keywords, Alias, and Personal Tags are used extremely
> rarely. And the whole time estimate box I think is never used.
> 

Ok, I can try to do some queries to see how often these are used.
I also think I can merge the proposed Trunk Revision(s) and Stable Revision(s)
fields into a single field "Fixed-by Revision(s)" since we should
be able to deduce the branch from the revision number.

If there are no objections, I will try to work on these additions next week.

-Tom


>>
>> -Tom
>>
>>> Having said that, your suggestions seem reasonable, and it would be
>>> cool if we could create tools to automate the release process a bit
>>> more based on this.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Tom Stellard via llvm-dev
>>> <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>>> Ping.
>>>>
>>>> On 07/04/2017 06:53 AM, Tom Stellard via llvm-dev wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to propose adding the following new fields/flags to bugzilla.
>>>>> My goal is to make it easier to manage bug fixes and merges using automated
>>>>> scripts.
>>>>>
>>>>> - "Trunk Revision(s)" field
>>>>> This would give users a place to enter which revision(s) in trunk fixed a
>>>>> particular bug.  This would make it easy to generate a list of bugs fixed
>>>>> by each release which could be included in the release notes.
>>>>>
>>>>> - "Stable Revision(s)" field
>>>>> This would give users a place to enter which revision(s) in the stable branch(es)
>>>>> fixed a particular bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> - "X.Y.Z Merge Request flags"
>>>>> This is a flag you could set to request that the commits in the "Trunk Revision(s)"
>>>>> field be merged into one of the stable branches.  This along with the
>>>>> "Trunk Revision" field would make it possible to nominate a bugfix for
>>>>> a stable branch without having to create a new bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> - "Code Owner Approval flag"
>>>>> This flag you can set to show that code owner has approved merging the
>>>>> "Trunk Revision(s)" commits to the requested branch.
>>>>>
>>>>> - "Release Manager Approval flag"
>>>>> This flag you can set to show that the release manager has approved merging the
>>>>> "Trunk Revision(s)" commits to the requested branch
>>>>>
>>>>> What do people think?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Tom
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