[U-Boot-Users] *NOTE* - U-Boot Patch Tracking System

[U-Boot-Users] *NOTE* - U-Boot Patch Tracking System

[Wolfgang Denk]

Hello Everybody,

as mentioned before we will start using a patch tracking system soon.
For now this will be used only internally within DENX for  some  more
testing,  i.  e.  there  will  be no publicly accessable interface to
query the patch database.

As first action I will import all pending patches into  this  system;
the  author of the patch will receive a confirmation message from the
tracking system, and a copy will be sent to the mailing list  so  the
patch ID will be known for future reference.

NOTE: this will result in some 250+ messages flooding this  list.  If
you  don't care please set up your filters to block/ignore/delete any
messages with a string

	[DNX#yyyymmdd42nnnnnn]

in the subject line. I will wait for some 20+ hours from now before I
start so you have some time to bring up your shields.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
Software Engineering:  Embedded and Realtime Systems,  Embedded Linux
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
It's hard to make a program foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

[U-Boot-Users] *NOTE* - U-Boot Patch Tracking System

[Kumar Gala]

On Mar 30, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> Hello Everybody,
>
> as mentioned before we will start using a patch tracking system soon.
> For now this will be used only internally within DENX for  some  more
> testing,  i.  e.  there  will  be no publicly accessable interface to
> query the patch database.
>
> As first action I will import all pending patches into  this  system;
> the  author of the patch will receive a confirmation message from the
> tracking system, and a copy will be sent to the mailing list  so  the
> patch ID will be known for future reference.

Out of interest how will git pull requests be handled by the system?

- kumar

[U-Boot-Users] *NOTE* - U-Boot Patch Tracking System

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Kumar,

in message <305E6959-2E7F-434F-A98B-AD9407DE4976@kernel.crashing.org> you wrote:
> 
> Out of interest how will git pull requests be handled by the system?

Like any other ticket: in the end some human will pick up the message
and handle it. He will then probably pull from your tree.

The difference compared to what we had so far is that:

1) You will receive a confirmation that the patch  was  received  and
   registered.
2) You will (hopefully soon) be able to check the status of your  own
   and other patches.
3) Not only myself, but other engineers will be  able  to  list  open
   tickets and work on processing these patches, too, so hopefully we
   will see an improvement in processing speed, too.
4) You will receive a notification when the ticket was closed.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
Software Engineering:  Embedded and Realtime Systems,  Embedded Linux
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
Some programming languages manage to  absorb  change,  but  withstand
progress.          -- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982

[U-Boot-Users] *NOTE* - U-Boot Patch Tracking System

[Randy Smith]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> NOTE: this will result in some 250+ messages flooding this  list.  If
> you  don't care please set up your filters to block/ignore/delete any
> messages with a string
>
> 	[DNX#yyyymmdd42nnnnnn]
>
> in the subject line. I will wait for some 20+ hours from now before I
> start so you have some time to bring up your shields.
>   
Please remember to tell us when its safe to lower the shields.

Randy Smith
Software Engineer,
ImageMap, Inc.