[llvm-dev] Adding new fields to bugzilla

[Tom Stellard via llvm-dev]

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?

-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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