Additional Labels for Backport Work

[Volker Simonis]

Hi,

As two of the corresponding three 8u and 11u maintainers are actually
overlapping, I wonder if these new rules already automatically apply
to the 11u updates process as well or do they require an additional
approval of the 11u lead maintainer (Andrew H.)?

I'd personally welcome the use of the new tags in 11u.

Best regards,
Volker

On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 9:11 PM Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've begun using a number of labels to help with 8u backport work,
> that are documented as part of the OpenJDK 8u contribution process
> [0]. As few people seem to have noted those additions, I thought it
> worth an e-mail with more details. I'm also CCing jdk-updates-dev in
> case maintainers on other OpenJDK update projects want to adopt
> similar labels.
>
> The primary two labels are:
>
> 1. jdk8u-needs-review
>
>   This label should be added after an RFR is posted for a backport to
>   8u. Please also add a link to the RFR.
>
>   There is now a link to a filter for bugs marked with this label on the
>   8u wiki [1]. Those of you who are 8u reviewers are encouraged to
>   regularly triage this list and help with reviewing work submitted for
>   backport.
>
>   This should avoid RFRs getting lost in mail traffic. You may also
>   notice that if you make a jdk8u-fix-request before there is a
>   completed review, it will be changed to this label.
>
> 2. jdk8u-<username>
>
>   This label is essentially intended to work as a lock on the bug,
>   indicating someone is actively backporting the bug. The intention is
>   to let others know that work is in progress, but is not yet ready for
>   an RFR.
>
>   When using this label, please keep it on the bug for the minimum
>   possible time. Add it when work is actively started and remove it when
>   the change is pushed. It is not intended as an 'I'm interested' label,
>   as with others such as 'redhat-interest', but to avoid multiple people
>   actively working on the same task.
>
>   If the label does seem to be present for a long time, other developers
>   are encouraged to query the developer concerned as to whether they are
>   still active on this bug and to take over the work if there is no
>   response for a prolonged period (>2 weeks).
>
> A further occasionally used label is jdk8u-needs-deps, which
> maintainers may use on occasion to indicate that a bug submitted using
> jdk8u-fix-request needs other fixes to be present before it can be
> considered.
>
> I hope these additional labels prove useful and help in the process
> of completing 8u backports. Feedback is welcome and, again, 8u reviewers
> are encouraged to use the jdk8u-needs-review filter to find reviews
> needing attention.
>
> [0] https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/jdk8u/Main
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/issues/?filter=39384
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Andrew :)
>
> Senior Free Java Software Engineer
> OpenJDK Package Owner
> Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)
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