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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Backports process (addendum to policy)</H1>
<B>Florian Hubold</B>
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<I>Thu Sep 8 21:16:50 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>Am 08.09.2011 13:08, schrieb Colin Guthrie:
><i> 'Twas brillig, and Samuel Verschelde at 08/09/11 11:59 did gyre and gimble:
</I>>><i> (QA Team and Triage team in CC, but please answer only to
</I>>><i> <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">mageia-dev at mageia.org</A>)
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> I was asked to define a process for backports validation, so here is a
</I>>><i> proposal. We can discuss it a few days and then I'll add the result to the
</I>>><i> backports policy page.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Process for backports :
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Triage:
</I>>><i> - identify backport requests
</I>>><i> - add "Backport Request: " in the bug report summary
</I>>><i> - add the "backport" keyword
</I>>><i> - assign to maintainer
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> The maintainer can refuse to do the backport :
</I>>><i> - doesn't want to maintain it => assign the bug report back to
</I>>><i> <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">bugsquad at mageia.org</A> so that another packager can step in
</I>>><i> - has a good reason for not providing this backport (policy, possible
</I>>><i> breakage...) => close as wontfix
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Packager:
</I>>><i> - create bug report if not done already
</I>>><i> - submit to {core,nonfree,tainted}/backports_testing
</I>><i> Is this straight from the cauldron tree in subversion?
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> - find a tester : original bug reporter when there is one, yourself if there's
</I>>><i> none, or ask in forums/irc/MLs...
</I>>><i> - once tested by at least one person (it must be said explicitly in the bug
</I>>><i> report), hand it to QA :
</I>>><i> - make sure the bug report summary starts with "Backport Request: " or
</I>>><i> "Backport Candidate:"
</I>>><i> - add the "backport" keyword if missing
</I>>><i> - assign to <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">qa-bugs at ml.mageia.org</A>
</I>>><i> - list the source RPMs if there are several
</I>>><i> - be ready to fix bugs and answer QA team questions
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> QA:
</I>>><i> - test backports the same way that we test updates. But don't forget that
</I>>><i> updates have a higher priority than that of backports.
</I>>><i> - move the packages from backports_testing to backports
</I>><i> Just from a man power perspective this, could be a lot of work for QA
</I>><i> (even at lower priority) but I cannot see a way to improve this without
</I>><i> sacrificing quality control!
</I>If the packager himself does basic testing and makes sure backport works,
that would relieve QA from some work, no?
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