[poky] [PATCH 0/3] git-pull: new pull request generation and sending scripts

[Saul Wold]

On 11/08/2010 07:59 AM, Darren Hart wrote:
> On 11/07/2010 08:55 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>> On 10-11-07 10:18 AM, Darren Hart wrote:
>>> On 11/06/2010 11:28 AM, Darren Hart wrote:
>>>> The following patches replace the existing create-pull-request script
>>>> and create
>>>> a new send-pull-request. See 2/3 for details on the motivation and
>>>> functionality
>>>> of the new create-pull-request script.
>>>
>>> Thinking about this, I realized that the script would be usefull for
>>> just sending patches as well (for developers without a contrib branch).
>>> Perhaps the scripts should not contain "pull" in their name and the
>>> remote git branch as well as the hosting site should be both optional
>>> and configurable. These are relatively trivial changes which we could
>>> address in a subsequent series if people agree that this initial set is
>>> the right approach for our project.
>>
>> I saw these in action at the LPC, and I like the two
>> phase approach here. Since it gives a chance to edit/update
>> review before sending, and like 'git mailinfo' it creates
>> the parts you need and doesn't actually do anything
>> without a second command :)
>>
>> Having the patches via email is key for me, so I'm glad
>> to see that in place. Do we assume that discretion will
>> be used and we don't need a throttle/limit on the patches ?
>> But then again, thinking about it, 200+ patch dumps
>> to go lkml without the world ending (and it shouldn't
>> really be common here) so this probably isn't an issue.
>
> I thought a bit about ensuring proper ordering (I've made scripts wait 5
> seconds between patches before). As for abuse... well, I think it is
> unlikely - if someone wants to abuse the list, there are innumerable
> ways to go about it, this being one of the least efficient ;-)
>
I think we also need a way to only send the initial email (and not the 
patches) since I work with the team to pull together multiple patches 
that are already on the list and re-send the request to the Yocto alias, 
I don't want to flood the list with duplicate match info.

Also on a minor nit note: can you change the Branch to include contrib/ 
that way it can be a cut and paste for doing some of the local git 
operations.

>>
>> So definitely acked-by me.
>>
>
> Excellent - and this brings up a point I wanted to discuss. One of the
> stated reasons for doing this was to facilitate peer review. Now that I
> have Bruce's Acked-by:, I could reword the commit messages to include
> them, or Richard could add them when he does the pull, but I do think
> they should be present in the final commits to poky proper.
>
I am not sure we need to get into updating the patch or commit messages 
with Acked-by lines, the email archives should suffice.

Sau!


> Richard - how would you like to see that done? My suggestion would be
> that if you accept these as they are, that you append Bruce's Acked-by
> and your Signed-off-by. If I end up having to take another pass and send
> a V2 pull request, I could confirm Bruce still agrees (in a side
> channel) and add his Acked-by.
>
> Thanks,
>