[llvm-dev] Adding new fields to bugzilla

[Hans Wennborg via llvm-dev]

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.

>
> -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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