Additional Labels for Backport Work

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 15:45 +0200, Volker Simonis wrote:
> I'd personally welcome the use of the new tags in 11u.

Personally, I've got no strong feeling about this. If it's helpful for
some, feel free to use them.

Thanks,
Severin

> 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 :)
> > 
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> > OpenJDK Package Owner
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