JBS Modification Proposal: Don't inherit master bug labels when creating backport records

[Lindenmaier, Goetz]

+1 

Best Goetz.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jdk-updates-dev <jdk-updates-dev-retn at openjdk.org> On Behalf Of
> Langer, Christoph
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2022 1:50 PM
> To: Seán Coffey <sean.coffey at oracle.com>; jdk-dev <jdk-
> dev at openjdk.java.net>; jdk-updates-dev <jdk-updates-
> dev at openjdk.java.net>
> Subject: RE: JBS Modification Proposal: Don't inherit master bug labels when
> creating backport records
> 
> This sounds like a good proposal.
> 
> Cheers
> Christoph
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jdk-dev <jdk-dev-retn at openjdk.org> On Behalf Of Seán Coffey
> > Sent: Donnerstag, 23. Juni 2022 18:32
> > To: jdk-dev <jdk-dev at openjdk.java.net>; jdk-updates-dev <jdk-updates-
> > dev at openjdk.java.net>
> > Subject: JBS Modification Proposal: Don't inherit master bug labels when
> > creating backport records
> >
> > Since the launch of the OpenJDK Jira Bug System, the default behaviour of
> the
> > manual "Create Backport" action has been to inherit the master bug labels
> for
> > the newly created backport record. The experience for most when
> manually
> > creating a backport record is to delete all inherited labels. In comparison,
> > nowadays, the vast majority of backport records are created by bots (e.g.
> > Dukebot) upon pushing a change to a project repo. These automated bots
> don't
> > inherit labels from the master bug.
> > That approach fits better since all processes that I'm aware of ask that
> project
> > tracking labels be added to the master bug only.
> >
> > I'd like to propose a JBS infra change whereby the manual "Create
> Backport"
> > action adopts the bot position of creating backports with no labels. Are
> there
> > any comments/concerns with such a tweak ?
> >
> > regards,
> > Sean.